Katamori MATSUDAIRA, Kyoto shugoshiki (post of provincial constable), ordered the criminals arrested despite concern about an all-out uprising by the roshi, but the criminals were arrested in April and punished in August.
京都守護職の松平容保は犯人捕縛を命じ、浪士の一斉蜂起も懸念されたが、4月には犯人は逮捕され、8月には処罰される。