Kiyokawa's official document of Sonno Joi, which surprised the bakufu, was accepted by the imperial court, and having received an imperial decree, the Roshigumi left Kyoto in March of that year and went to Edo.
幕府の意表を突く、清河の尊皇攘夷の上書が朝廷に受理され、朝廷の勅諚を受けた浪士組は、同年3月京都を出立して江戸へ向かう。