However, no description concerning Yamazaki's death and water burial is seen in the notes written by Shinpachi NAGAKURA and Kai SHIMADA who may have been on the same ship.
ただ何故か船に同乗していたであろう永倉新八や島田魁らが残した手記にはこの山崎の死や水葬に関して一切触れていない。