Pro-war argument heated up calling for attacking Satsuma, and Takigawa, who carried with him the statement to the Emperor to avenge Satsuma, encountered samurai of the Satsuma clan at Toba in January 27, 1868 and a war broke out (for more detail, refer to the Battle of Toba-Fushimi). |
薩摩討つべしとの主戦論が沸騰し、「討薩表」を携えた滝川が翌慶応4年(1868年)正月3日鳥羽で薩摩藩兵と衝突し、戦闘となった(詳細は鳥羽・伏見の戦いを参照)。 |