When Higashi Hongan-ji Temple was trapped in their debt of over 3,000,000 yen, Tadakatsu UTSUMI and Denzaburo FUJITA, who were financial advisors, tried to settle the debts in vain, and finally Koei OTANI, the hoshu (high priest), and Kaien ATSUMI, Naikyoku (intra-ministerial bureau), asked Kaoru INOUE for a rescued through Masamitsu HIROHASHI and Denzaburo FUJITA.
東本願寺が300万円を超す負債に動きが取れなくなり財務の顧問内海忠勝や藤田伝三郎が斡旋の労をとったが、上手く行かず、法主大谷光瑩・内局渥美契縁は広橋賢光・藤田伝三郎を介して井上馨に救済方を依頼してきた。