A chief retainer, Michihira IWASHITA, was dispatched to Paris as the ambassador plenipotentiary of the Satsuma Domain and Ryukyu Islands (which were in effect under the control of the Satsuma Domain) and prepared for the Expo together with Montblanc.
家老岩下方平は薩摩藩および琉球王国（当時、事実上薩摩藩の支配下にあった）の全権としてパリに派遣され、モンブランとともに万博の準備を進めた。