Although the Hikone Domain sent people to assist immediately when receiving news of the surprise attack, it was too late; they had to recover casualties, the palanquin and even snow on which a number of bloody fingers and earlobes fell. |
襲撃を聞いた彦根藩邸からは直ちに人数が送られたが後の祭りで、やむなく死傷者や駕籠、さらには鮮血にまみれ多くの指や耳たぶが落ちた雪まで回収した。 |