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*Japanese:池田屋事件 (Ikedaya Jiken)
*''Date: [[1864]]/6/5''
*''Japanese'': 池田屋事件 (''Ikedaya jiken'')
==Investigation==
==Investigation==
Furutaka was taken to the Shinsengumi headquarters for questioning.
Furutaka was taken to the Shinsengumi headquarters for questioning.
He was tortured and revealed that the [[Sonno|Sonnô]] [[Joi|Jôi]] [[Ronin|Rôshi]] planned to wait for a windy night to set fire to the city of Kyoto and in the confusion kidnap the Emperor and take him to Chôshû.
He was tortured and revealed that the [[Sonno|Sonnô]] [[Joi|Jôi]] [[Ronin|Rôshi]] planned to wait for a windy night to set fire to the city of Kyoto and in the confusion kidnap the Emperor and take him to Chôshû.
The story was immediately reported to the [[Military Commissioner of Kyoto]].
The story was immediately reported to the [[Military Commissioner of Kyoto]], and a raid on the Ikedaya took place the same day.
==Raid==
==Raid==
[[Image:Ikedaya2.jpg|right|thumb|Inside of Ikedaya.(Taishô period)]]
[[Image:Ikedaya2.jpg|right|thumb|Inside of Ikedaya.(Taishô period)]]
[[Matsudaira Katamori]] ordered a search for the Rôshi. (PM4:00)
Around 4:00PM, on 1864/6/5, [[Matsudaira Katamori]] ordered a search for the Rôshi.
[[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]] the commander of the Shinsengumi waited for reinforcements from Katamori but they never came, so he gathered 30 Shinsengumi members<ref>Only about 30 out of 48 members paticipated in the raid because of illness or desertion.</ref> at the ''Gion Kaisho'' (PM8:00) and separated into two groups and started searching.(PM10:00)
[[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]] the commander of the Shinsengumi waited for reinforcements from Katamori but they never came, so he gathered 30 Shinsengumi members<ref>Only about 30 out of 48 members paticipated in the raid because of illness or desertion.</ref> at the ''Gion Kaisho'' (PM8:00) and separated into two groups and started searching.(PM10:00)