Thereafter, his priority became forming an alliance between Satsuma and Choshu and he arranged a meeting between Kogoro KATSURA (also known as Takayoshi KIDO) of Choshu and Takamori SAIGO of Satsuma.
そして、長州藩の桂小五郎（木戸孝允）と薩摩藩の西郷隆盛（隆盛）との会合による薩長同盟締結を志士たちの第一の悲願として活動し始める。