Tenchu-gumi sent Torataro YOSHIMURA and others to the regional government office of Sayama Domain as a herald and requested a meeting with the lord of the Sayama Domain Ujiyoshi HOJO.
天誅組は吉村寅太郎らを軍使として狭山藩の陣屋へ送り、藩主北条氏燕との面会を申し出た。