In the national crises since the arrival of the Black ships,Tesseki was one of the many who were indignant with this event and had interaction with royalists in the sonjo party through Hachiro KIYOKAWA.
黒船来航以来の国難の中で藤本も慷慨の志を持ち、清河八郎を介して尊攘派志士たちと交わりを持つようになる。