And, on July 23, at 'Yoshidaya,' a restaurant in Sanbongi, Kyoto, a pact was formed to overthrow the shogunate and restore imperial rule; the parties to the pact were Tatewaki KOMATSU, Ichizo OKUBO (also known as Toshimichi OKUBO), Kichinosuke SAIGO of Satsuma, and Sazen TERAMURA, Shojiro GOTO, Taisuke INUI, Toji FUKUOKA (also known as Takachika FUKUOKA), Seinosuke ISHIKAWA (NAKAOKA) and Umetaro SAITANI (also known as Ryoma SAKAMOTO).
6月22日（旧暦）、京都三本木料亭「吉田屋」において、薩摩の小松帯刀・大久保一蔵（大久保利通）・西郷吉之助、土佐の寺村左膳・後藤象二郎・乾退助・福岡藤次（福岡孝弟）・石川誠之助（中岡）・才谷梅太郎（坂本龍馬）との間で、倒幕・王政復古実現のための薩土盟約が締結される。