But on September 9, Unpin UMEDA was arrested, and the crisis was coming to a head for the group advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of foreigners, and he escaped with Gessho who had been entrusted with protection by Konei family; after Fushimi, he entrusted Gessho to Shunsai ARIMURA and sent them from Osaka to Kagoshima.
しかし、9月9日に梅田雲浜が捕縛され、尊攘派に危機が迫ったので、近衛家から保護を依頼された月照を伴って伏見へ脱出し、伏見からは有村俊斎らに月照を託し、大坂を経て鹿児島へ送らせた。