After this event, he stopped playing an overtly powerful role such as a cabinet member, but as the leader of the Yamagata Faction in the House of Peers and the Imperial Household Ministry, he continued to have the second strongest political influence after the Genro.
以後は閣僚などの表舞台には立たず、貴族院および宮内省における山縣閥重鎮として、元老に次ぐ影響力を保ち続ける。