With the full authority of the former Shogunate as a member of the kyojun-ha (pro-surrender group), Kaishu KATSU (commander in chief of the Shogunate army) sent a retainer of the Shogunate, Tesshu YAMAOKA as an emissary to Takamori SAIGO, the staff of the tosei supreme commander's office, for negotiation; Katsu relayed the terms of surrender: Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA's confinement to Bizen (Bizen-azuke) and the surrender of weapons and warships.
恭順派として旧幕府の全権を委任された陸軍総裁の勝海舟は、幕臣山岡鉄舟を東征大総督府参謀の西郷隆盛に使者として差し向け会談、西郷より降伏条件として、徳川慶喜の備前預け、武器・軍艦の引渡しを伝えられた。