On February 12th, Yoshinobu entrusted Yoshiyori TOKUGAWA (the head of the Tayasu-Tokugawa family and former Shogun-kokenshoku [one of three important governmental administrative officials, the guardian for the Shogun]) and Naritami MATSUDAIRA (the former lord of the Tsuyama Domain) with the Edo-jo Castle, then subsequently retired.
12日、慶喜は江戸城を徳川慶頼（田安徳川家当主、元将軍後見職）・松平斉民（前津山藩主）に委任して退出した。