Seventeen-year-old Tadamasa, staying at Edo-jo Castle on duty, did not let Yorinobu in the gate and told him "Security is tight due to an emergency, therefore I can not let you in. Please talk with the shogun's council of elders."
17歳であった忠昌は江戸城の勤番として城内に詰めていたが、門を通さず、非常の固めであれば、お通しし難く、老中に掛け合って頂きたいと述べた。