During the Meiji Restoration, partisans of the Emperor formed the Yamaguni-tai in Yamagunigou, Kitakuwada District (the present Keihoku, Ukyo-ward, Kyoto city) and the Yumiya-tai in Umajimura, Minamikuwada District, following San'indo Chinbu Sotoku Kinmochi SAIONJI from one place to another to fight.
明治維新の際、北桑田郡山国郷（現在の京都市右京区京北）で勤皇を標榜する山国隊が、南桑田郡馬路村（現在の亀岡市馬路町）では弓箭隊が結成され、山陰道鎮撫総督西園寺公望に従って各地を転戦した。