However, as Hisamitsu SHIMAZU's real intention was Kobu-gattai (reconciliation between the imperial court and the shogunate), FUJIMOTO was placed under house arrest in the residence of Satsuma Domain, and soon withdrew himself from the plan of raising the army and left.
だが、島津久光の真意は公武合体であり、藤本は薩摩藩邸に軟禁され、ほどなく挙兵計画から離脱して去っている。