Shigeaki WADA was the same person as Shigeaki NAKAJO in Echigo, who was a descendant of the Miura-Wada clan, and it is considered that the Miura family, if having taken care of Shigeaki, would have fled him.
和田茂明は三浦和田一族の生き残りの末裔、越後の中条茂明（なかじょうしげあき）のことで、三浦氏が預かっていたなら三浦氏が逃がしたと思われる。