As the situation became unfavorable for the Choshu Domain, they left Kyoto and also seven court nobles of the Joi-ha (expel the barbarians) including Sanetomi SANJO were exiled from Kyoto (Shichikyou ochi.)
情勢が不利になった長州藩は京都を退去し、三条実美ら攘夷派公卿7人も追放された（七卿落ち）。