In [[1859]], he was granted permission to take the tonsure (becoming a Buddhist monk in his retirement) and was sentenced to house confinement;<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 163.</ref> he was released from house confinement at the end of that year, but was still barred from attendance at court.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 251.</ref> | In [[1859]], he was granted permission to take the tonsure (becoming a Buddhist monk in his retirement) and was sentenced to house confinement;<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 163.</ref> he was released from house confinement at the end of that year, but was still barred from attendance at court.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 251.</ref> |