On January 8, 1866, Saigo went to welcome to Kogoro KATSURA (Kido) to Fushimi with Shinpachi MURATA and Narumi OYAMA (nickname, Hikohachi, older brother of Iwao OYAMA), and on the following day, the 9th, he went back to Kyoto and stayed in Nihommatsu-Hantei (Nihommatsu domain's residence, which was maintained by a daimyo in Edo).
慶応2年（1866年）1月8日、西郷は村田新八・大山成美（通称は彦八、大山巌の兄）を伴って、上京してきた桂小五郎（木戸）を伏見に出迎え、翌9日、京都に帰って二本松藩邸に入った。