Eto subsequently returned to his hometown Saga and rose in revolt known as the Saga War involving the malcontent local warrior class who had lost their special privileges due to the Meiji Restoration, but was subsequently repressed.
その後、江藤は故郷の佐賀に戻り、明治維新によって特権を失った不平士族をも巻き込んで佐賀の乱を起こしたが鎮圧された。