Takamori SAIGO, the general staff to the commander of the Choshu Conquest, proposed the bakufu army's withdrawal to Choshu in exchange of three conditions, namely, seppuku (suicide by disembowelment) of three chief retainers (Chikasuke KUNISHI, Kanenobu MASUDA, Mototake FUKUHARA) to show their responsibility for the Incident of Kinmon no Hen, demotion transfer of five nobles including Sanetomi SANJO to other clans, and abandonment of Yamaguchi-jo Castle.
征長総督参謀の西郷隆盛は、禁門の変の責任者である三家老（国司親相・益田兼施・福原元僴）の切腹、三条実美ら五卿の他藩への移転、山口城の破却を撤兵の条件として伝えた。