During the New Year of 1847, the next year, Akiteru was drunk and escalated into violence as to point his sword at his guest, and moreover, he didn't attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Komei, which was held in the same year.
翌年の正月には酒に酔った上に訪問中の客人に対して刀を向けるという事件を引き起こし、更に同年に行われた孝明天皇の即位礼にも出仕しなかった。