When the Meiji period started, gakunin of sanpogakuso moved to Tokyo and joined Momijiyama-gakunin of the Edo bakufu and they together were incorporated in the Gagaku Dept. of the Imperial Household Agency and, currently, the department holds its activities as the Court Ceremony Music Dept. of the Imperial Household Agency with its gagaku being designated as an important intangible cultural asset.
明治を迎えると、三方楽所の楽人は東京へ移り、江戸幕府の紅葉山楽人と合流して宮内省雅楽部に編成され、現在は宮内庁式部職楽部として活動しており、宮内庁式部職楽部の雅楽は重要無形文化財に指定されている。