Sasaki positioned eight persons including Yamada and seven persons of genro except Katsura and Saionji, both of whom were appointed to Genro later, as 'Saccho-genkun' (literally, Genkun from the Satsuma domain or the Choshu domain).
なお佐々木は、後になって任命された桂・西園寺を除いた7名と山田を加えた8名をもって帝国憲法下における「薩長元勲」と位置づけている。