On the other hand, the vassals of the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family, Seiichiro SHIBUSAWA and Hachiro AMANO, gathered shogunate retainers in progress of their purpose; they were intent on clearing the false charge of Yoshinobu, who had been confining himself in the Ueno Kanei-ji Temple; they intended to defeat the Satsuzoku (the Satsuma clan).
いっぽう一橋徳川家家臣の渋沢成一郎・天野八郎らは上野寛永寺に謹慎していた慶喜の冤罪を晴らし、薩賊を討つと称して幕臣などを集めた。