However, when the jisojo from the Satsuma Domain was made known at shugiin on September 13, opinions from domains' representatives came up one after another asking for a gentle punishment appraising the honorable way the Satsuma and Tosa Domains confessed their misconduct voluntarily. だが、9月13日に薩摩藩からの自訴状が集議院(公議所の後身)で明らかにされると、諸藩の代表からは薩摩や土佐が自らの不祥事を告白した潔さを評価して穏便な処分を求める意見が相次いだ。 |