Kyoto at the end of the Edo period was the center of political power struggles, and ronins (masterless samurai) from different feudal clans who held such ideas as "revere the emperor, expel foreigners" and imperialists were active behind the scenes.
幕末の京都は政局の中心地となり、尊皇攘夷や勤皇等の思想を持つ諸藩の浪士が潜伏して活動していた。