Tenchu-gumi placed their headquarters in Sakurai-ji Temple, called themselves 'Onseifu' (the government), and established the staff organization with Tadamitsu NAKAYAMA as the shusho (commander-in-chief), and Tesseki, Keido, and Torataro as the presidents.
天誅組は桜井寺に本陣を定め、自らを「御政府」と称し、中山忠光を主将、藤本、松本、吉村を総裁とする職制を定めた。