In June 1854, Toyo had a dispute with Kahe MATSUSHITA, who was a hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu, which is a form of Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and had a matrimonial relation with the Yamauchi clan.
翌、安政元年（1854年）6月、東洋は山内家姻戚に当たる旗本・松下嘉兵衛との間にいさかいをおこした。