Some people say that Shinsengumi stories written by SHIMOZAWA contained his creations; the name of Akisato did not appear in the part of YAMANAMI's Seppuku in the record written by Shinpachi NAGAKURA, a top official of Shinsengumi.
子母澤の新選組物は創作が多く入っているとされ、山南の切腹について記した新選組幹部の永倉新八が書き残した記録には明里の名は出てこない。