Umunosuke was stimulated by the movement of Joi ha (an exclusionist) such as the Namamugi Incident, and recruited comrades to perform the exclusion of foreigners himself, but was discovered by the bakufu that he had escaped from Edo and so he moved to Kyoto in order to flee from his captors.
有無之助は、生麦事件など攘夷派の動きに触発され自らも攘夷を行うべく同志を募り始めるが幕府の知るところとなり、捕り手を逃れるため江戸を脱して京都へと移る。