At that time, Shikibu TAKENOUCHI, a vassal of the Tokudaiji family, who believed in Ansai YAMAZAKI's theory, gave lectures on Shinto and Confucian books to the kinju (attendants) of Emperor Momozono; Kinmura TOKUDAIJI, Toshimichi KOGA, Kintsumu OGIMACHISANJO, Mitsutane KARASUMARU, Toshihaya BOJO, Kinkoto IMADEGAWA,中院通雅, Tokina NISHINOTOIN, and Takafuru TAKANO, for legitimate reasons.
その頃、徳大寺家の家臣で山崎闇斎の学説を奉じる竹内式部が、大義名分の立場から桃園天皇の近習である徳大寺公城をはじめ久我敏通・正親町三条公積・烏丸光胤・坊城俊逸・今出川公言・中院通雅・西洞院時名・高野隆古らに神書・儒書を講じた。