Later in 1875, Sugimura Yoshie, with the help of the physician Matsumoto Ryōjun and several surviving former Shinsengumi comrades including Saitō Hajime (as Fujita Gorō) among others, erected the monument known as the "Grave of Shinsengumi" for Kondō Isami, Hijikata Toshizō, and the fallen comrades of the Shinsengumi at Jutoku-ji temple boundary in Itabashi, Tokyo and held requiems for their past comrades' souls.