There is a story that a few days later, Hijikata and Okita were playing a game of Go when Miura attacked the officer who had made fun of him from behind and Okita, infuriated by the cowardly attack, grabbed Miura by the collar and, calling him a 'bloody idiot', pushed his face into the floor until his nose was raw.
後日、土方と沖田が碁を打っている側で三浦をからかった隊士を三浦が背後から斬りつけると、沖田は三浦が後ろから斬りつけた卑怯さに激怒し「この馬鹿野郎」と叫び三浦の襟首を引っつかんで頭を畳に押し付け引きずり回し、三浦は鼻の皮を真っ赤にすりむいたという話が伝わっている。