Before long, the thought became the central pillar of Sonno Joi (slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of foreigners) as well as Mitogaku (the scholarship and academic traditions that arose in the Mito Domain), and also became motivating power of the transition period in Meiji Restoration, after overthrowing the Shogunate.
やがてその思想は水戸学同様尊皇攘夷の支柱となり、倒幕後の明治維新変革期の原動力ともなった。