In Kinmon Incident that occurred in August of the following year (1864), the Takatsukasa's residence was attacked by the armies of Aizu, Satsuma and the bakufu to burn down because samurai of the Choshu clan including Gensui KUSAKA and Chuzaburo TERASHIMA shut themselves inside it.
翌元治元年（1864年）7月に起きた禁門の変に際しては、鷹司邸は久坂玄瑞や寺島忠三郎ら長州藩兵が立て篭もり、会津・薩摩・幕府軍の攻撃をうけて焼失する。