In 1868, the new government army (the imperial court) decided to march to Edo, then, Fujiko was appointed to the envoy and went to Kyoto bearing Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA's petition and Kazunomiya's letter to Saneakira HASHIMOTO and to his son Saneyana HASHIMOTO.
明治元年（1868年）新政府軍が江戸への進軍を決定すると、和宮の使者として橋本実麗、橋本実梁父子に宛てた宮の直書と徳川慶喜の嘆願書を持ち京に上がる。