On the other hand, the time was ripe for Joi Shinsei movement among Tottori clan, but the kobu-gattai (integration of the imperial court and the shogunate) party such as Gonnosuke KUROBE of the same clan insisted that these movements would make the clan fall into the danger so that a serious conflict arose within the clan.
一方、鳥取藩内でも河田を中心に攘夷親征運動の機運が盛り上がっていたが、同藩の重臣黒部権之介ら公武合体派は、これらの動きを藩を危険に陥れるものであると主張、藩内に深刻な対立を生じていた。