Afterwards, Kamo SERIZAWA, who had changed his name to Tsuguji SHIMOMURA, joined the anti-foreigner Tenguto group, was jailed for a crime but released with amnesty, moved to Edo after changing his name back to Kamo SERIZAWA and, in February 1863, went to Kyoto to Hachiro KIYOKAWA's Roshigumi, set up to defend the Shogun in Kyoto.
その後、嗣司は天狗党に参加、罪を犯して入牢していたが、大赦で釈放され芹沢鴨と名を改め江戸に上り、文久3年（1863年）2月、、清河八郎の浪士組に応募し上洛することになった。