He talked with Ryoma SAKAMOTO, a member of the sonno (reverence for the Emperor) group and proposed Taisei Hokan (transfer of power back to the Emperor) based on Senchu hassaku (the basic outline of the new regime made by Ryoma SAKAMOTO), which was advised to Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA, the seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians"), by Yodo.
尊皇派の坂本龍馬と会談し、坂本の提案とされる船中八策に基づき、容堂による征夷大将軍・徳川慶喜への大政奉還を進言する。