Seiichiro HONMA was one of the supporters of the pro-Imperial from Echigo Province, but since he was a disputant who did not belong to a particular domain, patriots from each of the domains, who thought his attitude frivolous, began to hate him.
本間精一郎（ほんませいいちろう）は越後国出身の勤皇の志士の1人であったが、特定の藩に属しない論客であったため、その態度を浮薄と見た各藩の志士から疎まれ始めていた。