Prince Taruhito became the President after the restoration of Imperial rule in December 1867, but he also acted as Toigun Governor-General during the Boshin War, attack commander in the Seinan War (the Southwestern (Satsuma) Rebellion in 1877), and became Chief General of the Army and Navy in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894.
熾仁親王は慶応3年（1867年）12月、王政復古により総裁の座に就き、戊辰戦争に際して東征軍大総督を務め、1877年（明治10年）の西南戦争で征討総督となり、1894年（明治27年）の日清戦争では陸海全軍の総参謀長を務めた。