On March 10, 1867, Kashitaro ITO seceded from Shinsengumi (a group who guarded Kyoto during the end of Tokugawa Shogunate) because of differences in ideology, and formed Goryo-eji by attracting members from Shinsengumi who shared the same aims as his own.
1867年（慶応3年）3月10日に伊東甲子太郎が思想の違いから新選組を離脱、志し同じ者を新選組から引き抜いて結成した。