| Although this was widely regarded as Itagaki's own remark, the phrase actually came from a speech titled "Itagaki may die, but liberty never will!" made by a journalist Shinsuke KOMURO (also called himself Angaido, 1852 - August 25, 1885) in Gifu prefecture right after the incident. |
これは事件の直後、小室信介（案外堂。1852 - 1885.8.25）というジャーナリストが岐阜で行った演説の題名「板垣死ストモ自由ハ死セズ」が、板垣自身の発言として世間に広まったものである。 |