Besides, he ingratiated himself to the Empress Teimei and tried to stop the travel of Sessho and Crown Prince (later, the Emperor Showa) to Western countries, saying that was because of "the revelation from god."
また、貞明皇后に取り入り、摂政皇太子（後の昭和天皇）の洋行を"神からのお告げ"として中止させようとしたという。