Knowing from the statement of Shuntaro FURUTAKA that there was a plan to set fire to the Nakagawanomiya-tei Imperial house, the Shinsengumi immediately started to search for the Miyabe faction, committed the Ikedaya Incident, and destroyed the faction.
古高の供述から中川宮邸放火計画を知った新選組は直ちに探索を開始し、池田屋事件に突入して宮部一派を壊滅させた。