Because of this, the laws were proposed by Toshimichi OKUBO, who was serving as the Minister of the Interior in the Ministry of the Interior (Japan) at the time and took a great interest in developing local administration.
そのため、当時内務省(日本)で内務卿を務め地方行政の整備に力を入れていた大久保利通により発案されたものである。