However, Kuki, holding the line against them, stayed in the Ministry of Education, and tried to implement the education policy based on the traditionalism which was against the Fukuzawa's idea of civilization and enlightenment.
しかし九鬼は彼らと一線を画して文部省に残り、福澤の文明開化主義に反対する伝統主義的な教育政策の実施者となった。