It is said that Jiro YAMAGUCHI (Hajime SAITO) and others appealed to Keisuke OTORI, who left the battle line in a way similar to Toshizo, that he should be as loyal as possible to the Aizu clan; however, this story comes from an old document which was recorded at a later date in Hakodate.
同じように戦列を離れた大鳥圭介に対して山口二郎（斎藤一）らは会津藩に忠誠を尽くすべきだと訴えたというが、箱館で記録された後の古文書である。