In the following year, 1868, the Battle of Toba-Fushimi broke out and the new government defeated the army of the previous bakufu, gaining supremacy and increasing the number of clans following them.
翌慶応4年（1868年）初め鳥羽・伏見の戦いで新政府が旧幕府軍を破り、優位に立つと、新政府に従う諸藩も増えた。