Sayama Domain which had difficulty in dealing with the request donated firearms such as Gewehr to Tenchu-gumi as a temporary expedient and answered that it would join the cause when the Emperor conducts his expedition.
対応に苦慮した狭山藩はとりあえず天誅組にゲーベル銃など銃器武具を贈り、天皇御親征の節には加わる旨を回答する。