In the disturbances at the end of the Edo period, Tenchu-gumi (royalist party to inflict punishment), a party of Sonno Joi-ha (supporters of the doctrine of restoring the emperor and expelling the barbarians), rose to action in 1863, assembled in Gojo City, together with goshi (country samurai) of Totsukawa River who were associated with the Imperial Court, however goshi withdrew and returned to their home due to the sudden change of the situation, and Tenchu-gumi collapsed in Higashiyoshino Village.
幕末期の動乱の中、尊皇攘夷派の一党、天誅組が決起（文久3年〈1863年〉）し、宮廷と関係の深い十津川の郷士らも呼応して五條市に結集するが、情勢の急変により郷士たちは離脱・帰村、天誅組も東吉野村で壊滅する。