| In the following year, 1864, he had the grave of the Emperor Kameyama repaired, and in the Kinmon Incident of the same year he hid dozens of feudal retainers of the Choshu clan who were chased by the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) army and made them escape. |
翌元治元年（1864）年には亀山天皇陵の修復、同年の禁門の変では幕軍に追われた長州藩士数十名を門内に匿って逃がすなどしている。 |