Teisuke WATANABE, a former feudal retainer of Aizu Domain, and Tatewaki TSUKIOKA, a former chief priest of Ansho-ji Temple in Tsukioka village (present-day Sanjo City) and former feudal soldier of Kuwana Domain, conspired with farmers in Kamo City to distribute Otoshibumi all over Sanjo and Kamo areas from April 4th in order to urge people to rise in revolt.
元会津藩士の渡辺悌輔および月岡村（現三条市）安正寺の元住職で元桑名藩藩兵の月岡帯刀らは加茂市の農民等と図り、4月4日より三条・加茂一帯に決起を呼び掛ける落し文を行った。