In November of the same year, he successfully avoided trouble in the Abura-no-koji Incident, which involved the assassination of ITO by the Shinsen-gumi masterless warriors' party, and was sheltered at Satsuma-Hantei (Satsuma domain's residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo).
同年11月に伊東が新選組によって暗殺された油小路事件では難を逃れて脱出に成功し、薩摩藩邸に保護される。