However, at that time, the Tosa and Aki clans themselves tried to petition the Tokugawa Shogunate for the return of the Emperor's power; furthermore, Yodo YAMAUCHI still strongly felt indebted to the head of the Tokugawa family.
しかし、当時はまだ土佐藩・安芸藩自身による大政奉還建白書や山内容堂の徳川宗家への強い「恩顧」意識があった。