In order to show his gratitude to Emperor Meiji who pardoned Yoshinobu from being the enemy of the Imperial Court and gave him the title of Koshaku, the highest rank of the peers, Yoshinobu directed in his will that his funeral be conducted in the Shinto style rather than the Buddhist style.
朝敵とされた自分を赦免した上、華族の最高位である公爵を親授した明治天皇に感謝の意を示すため、慶喜は自分の葬儀を仏式ではなく神式で行なうよう遺言した。