In the same month, Iemochi TOKUGAWA, who was the Seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") visited Kyoto and forced the Imperial Court to promise to carry out joi (expulsion of foreigners) by May 10.
同月、征夷大将軍徳川家茂が上洛し、朝廷から5月10日をもって攘夷決行をするよう約束させられる。