Toshizo, who had his leg wounded in Battle of Utsunomiya, was in sickbed at an inn in the castle town of Aizu Wakamatsu from around April to July of 1868 (there are different views regarding the period).
宇都宮の戦いで足を負傷していた歳三は、慶応4年（1868）閏4月頃から7月頃（異説あり）まで、会津若松城下の宿で病床に伏していた。