Takatori Domain was a small domain where the crop yields were 25,000 koku; against Tenchu-gumi with more than 1,000 soldiers, the military power was around 200 people; however, Takatori Domain knew the geography well.
千人余の天誅組に対して、二万五千石の小藩である高取藩の兵力は200人程だったが、地理を熟知していた。