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The purges began as early as 1858/7/5, with [[Tokugawa Nariaki]] (former lord of [[Mito han]]) being sentenced to house arrest, and [[Tokugawa Yoshikumi]] (lord of [[Nagoya han]]) and [[Matsudaira Yoshinaga]] (lord of [[Fukui han]]) being forced into retirement and house arrest. The shogunate designated [[Tokugawa Mochinaga|Matsudaira Yoshichika]] (lord of [[Takasu han]]) to become the new lord of Nagoya, and [[Matsudaira Mochiaki|Matsudaira Naokiyo]] (lord of [[Itoigawa han]]) to become the new lord of Fukui. Iesada died the following day, on 7/6.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 4, 5, 7.</ref> Formal visits to Edo castle by [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] (the rival claimant for the position of shogunal heir), as well as lord of Mito han [[Tokugawa Yoshiatsu]], were then suspended.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 6-7.</ref>
The purges began as early as 1858/7/5, with [[Tokugawa Nariaki]] (former lord of [[Mito han]]) being sentenced to house arrest, and [[Tokugawa Yoshikumi]] (lord of [[Nagoya han]]) and [[Matsudaira Yoshinaga]] (lord of [[Fukui han]]) being forced into retirement and house arrest. The shogunate designated [[Tokugawa Mochinaga|Matsudaira Yoshichika]] (lord of [[Takasu han]]) to become the new lord of Nagoya, and [[Matsudaira Mochiaki|Matsudaira Naokiyo]] (lord of [[Itoigawa han]]) to become the new lord of Fukui. Iesada died the following day, on 7/6.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 4, 5, 7.</ref> Formal visits to Edo castle by [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] (the rival claimant for the position of shogunal heir), as well as lord of Mito han [[Tokugawa Yoshiatsu]], were then suspended.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 6-7.</ref>
''[[Wakadoshiyori]]'' [[Hongo Yasukata|Hongô Yasukata]], ''[[Sobashu|Sobashû]]'' [[Ishiko Masahira|Ishikô Masahira]], and one of the shogun's court physicians, [[Oka Rekisen'in]], were among many others also dismissed from their positions and placed under house arrest.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 7.</ref>
While the Purge helped Naosuke consolidate power in the hands of his supporters, it also contributed significantly to the anger of his opponents, leading eventually to his assassination in [[1860]] in the [[Sakuradamongai Incident]].
While the Purge helped Naosuke consolidate power in the hands of his supporters, it also contributed significantly to the anger of his opponents, leading eventually to his assassination in [[1860]] in the [[Sakuradamongai Incident]].
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