Hirano and his colleagues thought on their own that Hisamitsu's visit to Kyoto was for the purpose of raising an army to overthrow the bakufu, but Hisamitsu's real intention was completely different, that is, kobu-gattai (integration of the Imperial Court and the shogunate).
平野らは久光の上洛を倒幕挙兵のためのものと勝手に考えていたが、久光の真意は全く異なり公武合体であった。