Although it was the result of compulsion, the decision was the realization of the desire that the Shogunate had had since Ansei, and historically it was a very important decision inasmuch as it represented a shift in national policy.
これは強制されたものであったとはいえ、安政以来の幕府の念願の実現であり、国是の変更という意味でも歴史上の大きな決定であった。