However, the residence was already set fire and attacked by the retainers of the Shonai clan, so Jinmaku ran all the way to Kawasaki to ask his acquaintance to write to Takamori SAIGO (a retainer of the Satsuma clan) who was staying in Osaka.
既に藩邸は庄内藩士らによって焼き討ちされていたため、陣幕は川崎まで走って、知人に大坂の西郷隆盛に手紙を送るよう頼んだ。