Furthermore, Yoshinobu sent correspondence to Shungaku MATSUDAIRA and Yodo YAMAUCHI, who were the sympathizers of the bakufu side, and requested mediation; this was the sequence of emergency directions executed by Yoshinobu.
さらに親幕府派の松平春嶽・山内容堂らに書翰を送って周旋を依頼するなど、さしあたっての応急処置を施している。