When Tenchu-gumi raised an army, Ryozaemon KOTO, a large landowner and an imperialist from Awaji got rid of all his property and contributed the money to Tenchu-gumi as war funds.
天誅組の挙兵に際して淡路の大地主・勤皇家古東領左衛門は財産を全て処分し天誅組の軍資金として供出した。