On this occasion, as the check at the border of the domain was strict, Yoshimura prepared donned armour and rode out, passing a sekisho (checking station), and was able to pass by saying that he was an envoy of Satsuma.
この時、藩境の誰何が厳重であったために、吉村は武具を調えて馬に乗り、薩摩への使者であると偽って堂々と関所を押し通ったという。