The lord and vassals, assigned to the duty of guarding the Shogun family all cried out in grief anticipating that 'the Aizu clan will soon collapse with this' with their arms around each other's shoulders in the residence maintained in Edo by the daimyo of the Aizu clan.
任を受けた君臣は会津藩江戸藩邸にあって「これで会津藩は滅びる」と、肩を抱き合って慟哭したという。