After Hidetsugu's defeat, Yoshikatsu OISHI (Yoshio's great-grandfather and the illegitimate second son of Yoshinobu), was made to enter the Buddhist priesthood in Kyoto, whereupon he escaped to Edo and became ronin(masterless samurai) in Edo where he came to serve the Asano clan.
秀次失脚後、良信の庶子にして次男の大石良勝（良雄の曽祖父）は京で仏門に入れられたが、京を脱走し江戸で浪人した後、浅野家に仕えるようになった。