The court noble Sanetomi SANJO, fearing the radical actions of the Tenchugumi, sent Kuniomi HIRANO (who had left Fukuoka Domain) who worked in the Gakushuin (the educational institution of the Imperial Court,) to Gojo to keep their movement under control.
天誅組の過激な行動を危惧した公卿三条実美は暴発を制止するべく、学習院出仕の平野国臣（福岡藩脱藩）を五条へ送った。