Tadayori MATSUDAIRA, the commissioner of temples and shrines, was perplexed and asked Kanei-ji Temple (the Tandaishu sect) and Zojo-ji Temple (the Jodoshu sect), family temples belonging to the Tokugawa shogun's family, for their opinions about the proposal.
寺社奉行松平忠順は困惑して、徳川将軍家の菩提寺である寛永寺（天台宗）と増上寺（浄土宗）に意見書に対する見解を求めた。