However, November 1867, the bakufu disappeared due to Taisei Hokan (transfer of power back to the Emperor), and in the Battle of Toba-Fushimi in January 1869, the former bakufu army lost the battle against the allied force of Satsuma Domain and Choshu Domain.
しかし同年11月の大政奉還により幕府は消滅、1868年1月の鳥羽伏見の戦いでは旧幕府軍は薩長連合に敗北した。