In June, Ii signed a treaty of amity and commerce with America, and then decided to make Yoshitomi TOKUNAGA, the lord of the Kii Domain, the Shogun Yoshitsugu.
井伊は、6月に日米修好通商条約に調印し、次いで紀伊藩主徳川慶福を将軍継嗣に決定した。