In response, the Imperial Court announced the Restoration of Imperial Rule (Osei fukko) and the return of the TOKUGAWA family's territory was decided in the Kogosho conference (the meeting held in the presence of the Emperor in the Kogosho Conference Room of Kyoto Imperial Palace) and generally the political situation remained uncertain.
それに対し朝廷からは王政復古が下され、小御所会議で徳川家領土の返還が決定されるなど、流動的な政局が続く。