KURODA was greatly impressed with ENOMOTO's outstanding ability, and so strove to persuade people in various sectors that they must save his life, protesting that he was a man with unparalleled intelligence in the country; thanks to KURODA's hard efforts in pleading for his life to be spared, ENOMOTO was kept alive and put in a prison located in Tatsunokuchi, Edo.
黒田は榎本の非凡な才に感服し、皇国無二の才として断然助命しようと各方面に説諭、その熱心な助命嘆願活動により一命をとりとめ、江戸辰の口の牢に投獄された。