This petition gained sympathy of the cabinet officials of the Shogunate, and the restoration of the Tokuyama clan was decided, because there was the opinion that the punishment to abolish the had been too severe.
この嘆願書は幕閣の同情を勝ち取り、改易は処置が重過ぎるという意見が出て、徳山藩再興が決定した。