Apart from this, there was another theory that the Emperor was killed by tying rope around his neck or by being stabbed to death by someone, there were many rumors like 'doctors of the household of an Imperial prince was called at midnight to the Imperial Palace who treated a nobleman who presumably could have been emperor Komei, he was in blood after being stabbed around his stomach, although treated, he died.'
そのほか、天皇が宮中で何者かに刺殺あるいは斬殺されたという説もみられ、「宮家の侍医が深夜呼び出されて御所に上がり、腹部を刺され血まみれになった孝明天皇と思われる貴人を手当てしたが甲斐無く絶命した」という型の話が数種流布している。