During the Ansei Purge ('Ansei no Taigoku' in Japanese) in 1858, he was implicated as one of the eighty-eight courtiers which included his son Chikayoshi and grandson Yasutaka.
安政5年（1858年）の安政の大獄の際に八十八卿として子の親賀と孫の康隆とともに連座した。