However, after the Meiji Restoration, an Imperial Family Law was passed stipulating a system of permanent Imperial Family membership, and abolishing the Imperial order that had conferred the title of Imperial Prince and the system of the Seshu-Shinno-ke.
しかし明治維新後には旧皇室典範によって永世皇族制が採用され、親王宣下および世襲親王家の制度は廃止された。