While 3,000 Satsuma troops led by Tadayoshi SHIMAZU (lord of Satsuma domain) went up to Kyoto in December 8, other domains were slow to follow (Choshu Domain of the same tobakuha group was not allowed to enter Kyoto since it had been regarded as the Emperor's enemy after the Kinmon Incident).
11月13日島津忠義（薩摩藩主）率いる薩摩軍3000人が上京するが、他藩の動きは鈍かった（なお同じく倒幕派の長州藩は禁門の変以来朝敵となっており、入京を許可されていなかった）。