However, the bakufu also sent a mission to Paris led by Akitake TOKUGAWA (who later became lord of the Mito Domain, and who was also the younger brother of seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians"), Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA).
しかし、そこへ幕府もまた、使節徳川昭武（のちの水戸藩主。征夷大将軍徳川慶喜の弟）を派遣した。