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Sono kokusho no hensho kigen wa yaku ichinen saki de atta ga, sono aida ni kokuron wa, jōiron to kaikokuron ni ōkiku wakarete ikō to shite ita no de aru.The deadline to reply to the diplomatic dispatch was about a year off, but during that time national opinion was undergoing a large schism into those favoring the exclusion of foreigners and those favoring the opening of the country.

Ippō de roku an no teiji no shikata ya, jimukata ni yoru setsumei no naiyō kara wa, “kokusho o tenkyo to shita hatsu no gengō” o mezashita keiseki mo mieru.On the other hand, based on how the six candidates were presented and on the staff's explanation, it also appears that they were aiming for "the first era name sourced from national literature".