Before and after his leaving, not only kobu-gattai (integration of the imperial court and the shogunate) groups but also Sonno and anti-shogunate groups contacted Kashio, and as a patriot he became more widely devoted to the restoration.
それと前後し、公武合体派は基より尊皇・倒幕派も柏尾に接近、志士として広く維新に力を注ぐようになる。