Nakamura who had nowhere to go visited the residence of Kyoto shugoshoku (Military governor of Kyoto) of the Aizu Domain to plead for his withdrawal from the Shinsengumi, however, things didn't go well and he committed suicide there.
行き場を失った中村らは、会津藩京都守護職邸へ新選組脱退を嘆願するも、上手く事は運ばず、同地にて自刃。