After that, Meirokusha changed to Meirokukai, becoming a forerunner of societies afterwards, such as Tokyo Gakushikaiin (the Tokyo Academy), the Teikoku Gakushiin (the Imperial Academy) and the Nippon Gakushi-in (the Japan Academy).
その後、明六社は明六会となり、東京学士会院、帝国学士院を経て、日本学士院へと至る流れの先駆をなした。