Immediately thereafter, Ryoma was attacked by a man of the shogunate at Teradaya, Satsuma-Hantei (the Satsuma Domain's residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo) and at Saigo's indication Ryoma was protected.
その直後、龍馬が京都の寺田屋で幕吏に襲撃されると、西郷の指示で、薩摩藩邸が龍馬を保護した。