At the end of Edo period, in Kyoto, riots started to prevail as though they were punishments from heaven, burglaries of merchant residences, and robberies by zealous supporters of imperialism and the shogunate-overthrowing philosophy that advocated reverence for the Emperor and expulsion of the barbarians and those who opposed the bakufu.
幕末の頃になると京都では尊皇攘夷を叫び、幕府に反対する勤王・倒幕の志士による天誅・商家への押し込みや強盗などの騒乱が横行しだした。