However, according to 'Shincho Koki,' it was Narimasa and Tsuneoki IKEDA who avenged Inaba and it is highly possible that the anecdote of Shibata and Maeda was invented later since they went together to the Hokuriku area as the attack army.
しかし、「信長公記」では稲葉を討ったのは成政と池田恒興とされ、柴田・前田との逸話は後に北陸方面の攻略軍として同行した事から創作された話の可能性も高い。