Shinsen-gumi traveled by the main road under the leadership of General Keisuke OTORI, but a few members of Shinsen-gumi including Kai SHIMADA, are said to have followed Toshizo.
新選組は大鳥圭介総督の下本道を進んだが、歳三には島田魁ら数名の新選組隊士が常に従っていたと言う。