Especially, the resentment against Tomomi IWAKURA, Minister of the Right and Toshimichi OKUBO, Secretary of Interior, who led the aforementioned debate in place of Sanetomi SANJO, the Grand Minister who had to retire due to sudden illness, was increasingly grown.
とりわけ、急病により一線を退いた太政大臣三条実美に代わって、論争を主導した右大臣岩倉具視や内務卿大久保利通に対する恨みは次第に増幅されていった。