The top management of the domain also granted the status of former domain lord to Tomonobu and gave him preferential treatment by giving him a separate residence at Sugamo, partly for the purpose of soothing the opposition group, including Kazan.
また藩首脳部は、崋山ら反対派の慰撫の目的もあって、友信に前藩主の格式を与え、巣鴨に別邸を与えて優遇した。