| (According to a statement taken later, KAWASAKI followed the instruction of Sanzaemon KINOSHITA, a former feudal retainer of Yonezawa Domain who was conspiring to topple the new government, but no precise information about him was found.) |
（後の調書によれば、彼は新政府転覆を企てる元米沢藩藩士、木下三左衛門の指示を受けたとあるが、この人物については不明である。） |