Therefore, he was arrested after the Meiji Restoration, suspected of forming a plot against the government, and his position of Imperial Prince was taken away, he was left with the Hiroshima Domain in Aki Province.
そのため、明治維新後は、反政府陰謀の疑いで逮捕され、親王の身分を剥奪されて安芸国広島藩に預けられた。