In late August, a burglar carrying a gun broke into a rice store at Shijo-Horikawa, and five members of the Shinsengumi (Nagakura, Saito, Hirayama and Yasohachi YAMANO) were sent after him.
8月下旬に四条堀川の米屋に鉄砲を持った強盗が押し入り、永倉、斎藤、平山、山野八十八ら5人が出動。