Thus, Saigo ordered Kyunosuke MASUMITSU and Shohei IMUTA who resided in the residence of the Satsuma clan in Edo to gather the roshi (master less or unemployed samurai) samurai including Sozo SAGARA, asking them (roshi samurai) to begin disturbance maneuvers such as, arson, looting, and committing outrageous or violence activities in the city of Edo.
江戸薩摩藩邸の益満休之助・伊牟田尚平に命じ、相楽総三ら浪士を集めて江戸市中に放火・掠奪・暴行などを行わせる攪乱工作を開始。