Bunnoshin TAMAKI (the uncle of Shoin YOSHIDA), the school master of Shokason Juku, committed suicide by disembowelment feeling guilty about his private school student, MEBARA's involvement in the conspiracy.
なお、松下村塾の塾頭玉木文之進（吉田松陰の叔父）は塾生であった前原らが事件に関与した責任を感じ、切腹した。