Instead, he was conferred Tamarizume kaku (the highest rank of the government), and got the highest rank of Fudai daimyo (hereditary feudal lord), but he was stripped of his rank as punishment for the Ansei Purge 15 months later.
代償として溜詰格となり譜代大名最高の格式を得たが、安政の大獄に対する追罰人事を受け、その格式は約1年3ヶ月で剥奪された。