Just after the incident, Masamoto wrote about the disloyality and negligence of Arikazu to Munetsuna MATSUNOKI,Tadatomi SHIRAKAWA, Saneatsu TOKUDAIJI, Nobutane NAKANOMIKADO, and he tried to defend himself.
事件直後政基は、在数の不義怠慢の有様を松木宗綱・白川忠富王・徳大寺実淳・中御門宣胤らに書簡で伝え、自らの立場の弁明に努めた。