Moreover, he protected the Tokugawa clan by questioning by only the head of the Tokugawa family had to return their estates while Satsuma, Tosa, Owari and Geishu clans were allowed to keep their estates, regarding Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA's Jikan nochi (an order for surrendering the Shogunate post and domains to the Imperial court) determined by Iwakura and Okubo.
また、岩倉、大久保が徳川慶喜に対して辞官納地を決定したことについては、薩摩、土佐、尾州、芸州が土地をそのまま保有しておきながら、なぜ徳川宗家に対してだけは土地を返納させねばならないのかなどと徳川宗家擁護を行った。