After shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the Battle of Ueno) was defeated at Ueno in the following month, he announced 'Kyojakuron' (A theory of the strong and the weak) on that paper, severely saying as follows.
翌月、彰義隊が上野で敗れた後、同誌に「強弱論」を掲載し、以下のように厳しく述べた。