The Roshigumi had an endorsement as a Joi group from the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) as a result of the submission of the petition 'three plans of urgent business' by Kiyokawa through Yamaoka in 1862.
浪士組は、清河が前年（文久2年・1962年）山岡を通じて江戸幕府に建言した建白書「急務三策」によって、攘夷団体として幕府の御墨付を得ていた。