Katamori, who had a weak constitution and was sick in bed with a cold around that time, at first firmly refused the appointment by objections from Tanomo SAIGO and other vassals, but finally accepted on the urging of Yoshinaga and others.
元々病弱な体質でこの当時も風邪をひき病臥していた容保は、はじめ家臣の西郷頼母らの反対により固辞するも、慶永らの強い勧めによりこの大役を引き受けることとなる。