He was sheltered in the residence of Satsuma Domain after the Abura-no-koji Incident, and the remnants of the Goryo-eji including Shinohara attacked Kondo on Fushimi-kaido Road on December 18.
油小路事件後は薩摩藩邸に匿われ、12月18日、篠原ら御陵衛士の残党は伏見街道にて近藤を襲撃する。