It has been said that the Ikedaya Incident delayed the Meiji Restoration by a year. There is also another opinion that it sped up the Restoration by stirring up the "revere the emperor, expel foreigners" faction.
池田屋事件により、明治維新が一年遅れたとも、尊攘派を刺激してしまい維新を早めてしまったともいわれる。