However, there have been various views in later years, such as that he killed the carpenter Kyugoro AKITAYA and that he escaped and died a natural death under the protection of Okitsugu TANUMA.
ただし晩年については諸説あり、大工の秋田屋九五郎を殺したとも、後年逃げ延びて田沼意次の保護下に天寿を全うしたとも伝えられる。