SERIZAWA and Isami KONDO were opposed to this, and a total of thirteen people composed of Serizawa, five Roshi connected to the Mito clan, and eight guards of the Shieikan in Edo left the Roshigumi to stay in Kyoto.
芹沢と近藤勇はこれに反対して芹沢と水戸系浪士5人と近藤の江戸・試衛館門人8人の合計13人が浪士組を脱退して京都残留を決める。