| He became Sadaijin (minister of the left) in 1857, but he lost his position at Ansei no Taigoku (suppression of extremists by the Shogunate); then he tonsured and stayed home for being on the side of the Hitotsubashi family in the conflict over the successor of the Tokugwa Shogun family before Ansei no Taigoku. |
安政4年(1857年)、左大臣となるが、徳川将軍後継者争いで一橋派に属したため、安政の大獄により失脚し、落飾謹慎する。 |