However, their interests coincided: Kuki, who could not belong to any domain clique, wanted to establish his area of specialty and Tenshin needed someone with authority to conduct his research with temples.
しかし、藩閥に属せないため得意分野を確立したい九鬼と、寺社などを相手に研究を進めるため権力の支援を必要とする天心の間では利害関係が完全に一致していた。