[3] Shibusawa and Amano initially had the 2000-strong Shōgitai posted in Ueno to protect Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who was, at the time, in self-imposed confinement at Ueno's Kan'ei-ji Temple, as well as Prince Rinnōji no Miya Yoshihisa, who was the abbot of the temple,[4] and was to become the new dynastic leader of the Tokugawa resistance as "Emperor Tōbu".

[5] ---And yet, the monument erected by the Meiji government upon request of surviving Shogitai families, clearly and honestly mentions 1,500 Shogitai versus around 10,000 imperial troops, hence the monument to their warrior spirit and loyalty (reference: Tomb of Shogi-Tai Warriors, Ueno Park, Taito City Board of Education, Oct. 2024).

The Shōgitai took up positions around Kan'ei-ji (寛永寺; an important Tokugawa family temple) and the nearby Nezu Shrine (根津神社).

According to Saigō Takamori: "With our ample preparations we made short work of [the enemy], and this is an exceptional and extreme delight.

"Rinnōji no Miya escaped, reached Enomoto Takeaki's warship Chogei-maru and was dropped off further north, on the Pacific coast.