He was restored to his position as ''rôjû'' by [[Ii Naosuke]] in [[1858]], and handled a variety of difficult situations, including the Ansei Purges, the Five-Power Treaties, a shogunal succession dispute<ref>"Manabe Akikatsu." ''Digital Daijisen''. Shogakukan. Accessed via JapanKnowledge online resource, 15 December 2010.</ref>, and suppression of ''[[sonno joi|sonnô jôi]]'' rebels in Kyoto. The following year, however, Akikatsu was forced into retirement once again after falling from Naosuke's favor.<ref name=jinmei/> | He was restored to his position as ''rôjû'' by [[Ii Naosuke]] in [[1858]], and handled a variety of difficult situations, including the Ansei Purges, the Five-Power Treaties, a shogunal succession dispute<ref>"Manabe Akikatsu." ''Digital Daijisen''. Shogakukan. Accessed via JapanKnowledge online resource, 15 December 2010.</ref>, and suppression of ''[[sonno joi|sonnô jôi]]'' rebels in Kyoto. The following year, however, Akikatsu was forced into retirement once again after falling from Naosuke's favor.<ref name=jinmei/> |