However, the Bakufu government was subject to the Taisei Hokan (transfer of power back to the Emperor) and Declaration of the Restoration of Imperial Rule, and Genzaburo and his group in the Sabaku-ha (supporters of the Shogun) section of the Shinsengumi were placed in inferior positions.
しかしその後の幕末政局は、大政奉還、王政復古(日本)の大号令と続き、佐幕派の新選組に属する源三郎らは劣勢に立たされていく。