He and Michitomi HIGASHIKUZE who came dispatched to solve the state of affairs of Kobe Incident knew each other well, because he helped him when Shichikyo-ochi (the exile of the Seven nobles from Kyoto) happened.
神戸事件で事態解決のため派遣されてきた東久世通禧とは七卿落ちの時手助けした関係でよく知った間柄であった。