In 1862, Hisamitsu SHIMIZU gathered an army and headed for Edo, where he sent the Imperial envoy, Shigetomi OHARA to demand the reform of the Shogunate government, but with Yoshinaga MATSUDAIRA leading the Shogunate, the Ii government was cleared off.
1862年（文久2年）に率兵上京した島津久光は、勅使大原重徳を擁して幕政の刷新を要求し、幕府は松平慶永の主導で井伊政権の清算を図った。