This event made the supporters of the idea of reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of foreigners perceive Tomomi as being in the sabaku-sect (in support of the shogunate); therefore, they pressured the Imperial court to eliminate him.
このため、尊王攘夷派の志士たちは岩倉を佐幕派として排斥しようと朝廷に圧力をかけた。