Satomura wrote, "The brothers, who were equivalent of my maternal grandfathers, were all impetuous reactionaries who left their clan, joined Shinsengumi and killed and killed a number of loyalists against the current of the times."
「母方の祖父は兄弟共に脱藩して新選組に加はり、時代の流れに抗して勤王黨を斬つて斬りまくつた反動の壮士であつた。」等と記載している。