On February 8, 1868 (表記の変更), soon after the details of the Battle of Toba-Fushimi were informed to Edo, Washiro SHIBUYA, of the Kanto Torishimari Shutsuyaku (public security authorities of Kanto region under Edo bakufu), decided to conscript peasants from villages all over the Kanto region, no matter whether the village was of a shogunal demesne or a private territory.
鳥羽伏見の戦いの報が江戸に伝わった直後の1月15日、関東取締出役渋谷鷲郎が関東一帯の村々から公私領を問わずに農民を徴兵する決定を下した。