Though he was sympathetic to the Roshi's raid and had composed on February 20 of the same year a waka poem which praised the Roshi, at the time Cloistered Imperial Prince Koben gave non-committal responses to Tsunayoshi's remarks, and the issue was not directly addressed.
また公辨法親王自身も浪士の討ち入りを義挙ととらえており、同年正月5日には浪士を褒める和歌も詠んでいたが、この時は軽く相づちを打つだけで受け流し浪士の助命を切り出すことはなかったという。