On February 13, soldiers were called from the domain of Kagoshima, the domain of Yamaguchi and the domain of Kochi because an order was issed to organize the Goshimpei, so Saigo went to Kyoto with four Jobitai, or about five thousand soldiers, by Tadayoshi's order, and stayed at former Owari domain's residence, Ichigaya, Tokyo on April 21.
2月13日に鹿児島藩・山口藩・高知藩の兵を徴し、御親兵に編成する旨の命令が出されたので、西郷は忠義を奉じ、常備隊4大隊約5000名を率いて上京し、4月21日に東京市ヶ谷旧尾張藩邸に駐屯した。