In 1853, Toyoshige appointed Toyo to the newly established position of 'shiokiyaku' (a councilor of a shogunate), the office of an administrator, and forced domain duties to be restructured by pushing aside the chief retainer. |
嘉永6年(1853年)東洋を新たに設けた「仕置役(参政職)」に任じ、家老を押しのけて藩政改革を断行した。 |