Nevertheless, Akifusa was not stripped of his position as a feudal lord; instead, he was simply transferred away from Takasaki Domain, one of the most important domains in the Kanto region, and sent off to remote Murakami Domain, yet retained his position as a feudal lord with an annual income of 50,000 koku.
しかしながら大名としての地位を剥奪されることはなく、領地を関東枢要の地・高崎から、遠方の村上藩に左遷されたにとどまり、形式の上では5万石の大名であり続けた。