WATANABE and other members headed north toward Niigata Prefectural Office on the morning of 7th hoisting the flag that read 'In the name of Amaterasu Omikami (the Sun Goddess), we wil restore the dignity and honor of the Tokugawa shogunate and conquer unrighteous traitor of the Emperor.'
渡辺等は「天照皇　徳川恢復朝敵奸佞征伐」の旗を掲げ、7日朝より新潟県庁へ向けて北上した。