However, on July 23 in Kyoto, Tatewaki KOMATSU, Toshimichi OKUBO, Takamori SAIGO from the Satsuma Domain and Shojiro GOTO, Taisuke ITAGAKI, Takachika FUKUOKA, Sazen TERAMURA and 間部栄三郎 from the Tosa Domain had a meeting thanks to intermediation by Shintaro NAKAOKA and Ryoma SAKAMOTO, and the Satsuma-Choshu Alliance was established with the aim of eliminating the bakufu and the restoring Imperial Rule.
しかし6月22日には京都において、中岡慎太郎・坂本龍馬の仲介により、薩摩藩の小松帯刀・大久保利通・西郷隆盛と土佐藩の後藤象二郎・板垣退助・福岡孝弟・寺村左膳・間部栄三郎が会談し、幕府排除と王政復古のための薩土同盟が成立した。