They contacted Jizaemon ARIMURA and others from Satsuma with the intention of going to the capital and obtaining an Imperial sanction from the Emperor Komei to attack Naosuke II, but, due to some changes in the political situation in Satsuma, the plan between the two clans was aborted.
彼らは薩摩藩の有村次左衛門などと連絡し、薩摩の率兵上京による義軍及び孝明天皇の勅書をもっての謀反を企てていたが、薩摩藩内の情勢の変化などにより、両藩士合同の計画は頓挫。