Among the Shimazu clan, however, it seems that opinions were divided to those who try to protect Gisho and those trying to put him down, and there is an entry in the "Kennai ki" (a name of private historical record) of Tokifusa MADENOKOJI as a hearsay that there was a betrayal by a member of branch family of Shimazu clan that Tadakuni sheltered Gisho.
だが、島津氏中では、義昭擁護論と討伐論に割れていたらしく、万里小路時房の『建内記』には伝聞記事として、島津氏の庶流の人物より幕府に対して忠国が義昭を匿っているとする密告があったと記述している。