However, in the Meiji period in the beginning of twentieth century, led by Shiki MASAOKA, Seisei MATSUSE, Hekigoto KAWAHIGASHI, Meisetsu NAITO, and Kyoshi TAKAHAMA organized an association, New Hototogisu (name of magazine) based on "Japan" (a newspaper) and targeted to overthrow Shofu.
だが、20世紀初頭の明治期に至って、正岡子規をはじめとする、松瀬青々、河東碧梧桐、内藤鳴雪、高浜虚子、たちは新聞『日本』に拠って、新派ホトトギス(雑誌)なる結社をおこし、正風打倒を目標とした。