The sonnō jōi movement thus lost its initial impetus. The structural weaknesses of the Bakufu however remained an issue, and the focus of opposition would then shift to creating a strong government under a single authority. Mito Rebellion. On 2 May 1864, the Mito rebellion erupted against the power of the shogunate in the name of the sonnō ...

The Order to expel barbarians (攘夷勅命 or 攘夷実行の勅命, jōi chokumei or jōi jikkō no chokumei) was an edict issued by the Japanese Emperor Kōmei in 1863 against the Westernization of Japan following the opening of the country by Commodore Perry in 1854. ... But this turned out to be the zenith of the sonnō jōi movement, ...