Michitomi HIGASHIKUZE, who lived at the end of the Edo period, was one of the court nobles belonging to the group of Sonno-joi (19th century slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of foreigners) and was forced to experience the 'Shichikyo-ochi,' or the exile of the Seven nobles from Kyoto, after the Coup of August 18, 1863 (September 30, 1863 in new calendar).
幕末の東久世通禧は、尊王攘夷派の少壮公家の一人で、文久3年（1863年）八月十八日の政変後に「七卿落ち」を余儀なくされた。