The hard-core resistant Shogi-tai from the former Shogunate forces gathered at the Ueno Kanei-ji Temple where Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA had confined himself, and, from their base at the temple, they often clashed with soldiers of the new government's forces.
徳川慶喜が謹慎していた上野寛永寺には、旧幕府徹底抗戦派の彰義隊が集結して反政府軍の拠点となっており、しばしば新政府軍の兵士と衝突した。