The incident was reported as doings of Choshu Clan, and a grand funeral of SERIZAWA and HIRAYAMA in Shinto style was held on the 18th (on the 20th, when in accordance with the view that assassination took place on the 18th).
事件は長州藩の仕業とされ、18日（18日暗殺説によれば20日）に芹沢と平山の葬儀が神式に則り盛大に執り行われた。