In 1788, when court nobles, including Naruchika NAKAYAMA, notified the Bakufu about the situation, Sadanobu MATSUDAIRA, the Shogun's councilor, opposed it as an unprecedented case of providing the imperial title to a person who had not ascended to the imperial throne.
1788年（天明8年）に公家の中山愛親らが幕府に通達すると、老中松平定信は皇位についていない人間に皇号を贈るのは先例の無い事態として反対する。