Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'October 17, 1856 Hotta guzobere ma duzie kọmitii "ad hoc" nke ndị ọrụ nwere ihe ọmụma pụrụ iche banyere ihe ndị metụtara mba ọzọ. Na Nọvemba 1856, ọ gwara ndị otu ahụ ka ha nye ndụmọdụ banyere okwu maka imeghe ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Japan. Nsonaazụ nke mkparịta ụka ha ga-aghọ ihe ndabere maka mkparịta ụka nke mechara rụpụta nkwekọrịta nke Amity na Commerce nke 1858 (nke a makwaara dị ka Harris Treaty), nke mepere ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri isii na azụmaahịa America, wee guzobe extraterritoriality. Dabere n'ihe ọmụma ya banyere ihe ndị mere na
Agha Arrow, Hotta kwenyere na mmeghachi omume ike nke United States ga-ebilite ma ọ bụrụ na a jụ ihe ndị American consul Townsend Harris chọrọ. Otú ọ dị, ọ dị mkpa ime ka Eze Ukwu Kōmei kweta ịnakwere nkwekọrịta ahụ. N'ịga Kyoto, Hotta chọtara Emperor n'enweghị nsogbu n'etiti òtù "jōi" n'ime Ụlọikpe Imperial, nke kwadoro ịchụpụ ndị mba ọzọ na Japan, site na ike ma ọ bụrụ na ọ dị mkpa, ma a manyere ya ịlaghachi Edo n'aka efu. N'elu nke a, "shōgun" Tokugawa Iesada na-arịa ọrịa nke ukwuu na esemokwu nkewa bilitere n'ụlọ ikpe Shogunal banyere onye ga-anọchi ya. Ebe nsogbu ndị a ka na-edozighi, Hotta nọchiri Ii Naosuke na June 21, 1858, onye e nyere aha "tairō".