The previously mentioned letter by Kaneo KURASU dated May 16 also included the following passage: Concerning the incident on Sunshu (Munekata) in the night of May 7 (0 AM, May 8), the state of society became calm naturally while the messenger was in Kyoto, because it was revealed that the incident was caused by an intrigue.
先の5月16日の「倉栖兼雄書状」の続きには、次のように記されている、「...爰に今月七日夜（子の刻）駿州（宗方）御事、御使上洛の間、造意此の如く露顕するの上は、世上自然静謐す。