Tadayoshi SAKAI (the lord of Obama Domain in Wakasa Province), who had been appointed as Kyoto Shoshidai during the Ansei no Taigoku (suppression of extremists by the Shogunate) period, stayed at the post even after the assassination of Naosuke II and his dismissal was being requested by the Imperial court.
安政の大獄期に京都所司代に就任した酒井忠義(若狭国小浜藩主)（小浜藩主）は、井伊直弼暗殺後も引き続きその職にあり、罷免を朝廷から要求されていた。