Since Monbukyo (the chief of Ministry of Education [present, the Minister of Education]), Togama KONO was not very interested in administration, Kuki dominated the Ministry of Education and it was called 'Kuki's Ministry of Education.'
文部卿（現在の文部大臣）の河野敏鎌の行政への関心が薄かったこともあり、「九鬼の文部省」と呼ばれるほどの権勢を振るった。