In 1868, the Constitution of 1868 was issued, which abolished courts of law (local system) set up in regions formerly under the direct management of the Tokugawa Shogunate after the Meiji Restoration, denominated regions formerly governed by Jodai (chamberlain), Kyoto Shoshidai (Kyoto deputy), and bugyo (magistrate) as "fu" and the rest of the regions as "ken," assigned Chifuji "prefectural governor) to "fu" and Chikenji (prefectural governor) to "ken," and allowed han (domains) to be governed by daimyo as before the Meiji Restoration.
1868年、政体書公布に伴い、維新後の徳川幕府の直轄地に置かれていた裁判所(地方制度)を廃止し、そのうち城代・京都所司代・奉行の支配地を府、それ以外を県として、府に知府事、県に知県事を置いたが、藩は従来どおり大名が支配した。