However, it was the Temple's responsibility to regulate begging Zen priests, and the reason was not clear as to why Kamiya changed his outlook to pretend to be the begging Zen priest, whether he had religious intentions or had another thought.
しかし虚無僧の管轄は寺社方であり、外見からは神谷が虚無僧に身を替えていたのは信仰を理由としたものか、それとも別の思惑からなのかは判然としない。