There are more questions than answers regarding to the Otoya no Kakimono. Yes, the chronicle was composed by Sekiya Masaharu, but who benefits from it. Masaharu himself to keep the family name alive or Saito Toshimine and Toshimitsu. A plan to keep their name alive since they were probably minor players in their role in the Akechi family. Again, the document is from the Edo Era. There were lots of changes and rewrites as well. The document should be scrutinize to the fullest in my opinion.
That being said, you can certainly put the blame on Saito Toshimitsu and Akechi Hidemitsu for leading the attack on the Honnoji if Mitsuhide requested a stand down. If it was not a stand down and if Mitsuhide wanted the attack without the responsibility, he can put the blame on those two. Again, it seems that Mitsuhide was slowly losing it mentally. I do not think he was suffering from dementia, but he was rapidly approaching it. After the Honnoji raid, Mitsuhide waited. A major blunder on his part. That allowed Hideyoshi time to regroup his army and eventually defeated Mitsuhide at the Battle of Yamazaki.
Again, more questions than answers. Again, this makes history fun and interesting.
Nobunaga no tame!
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