With the number of requests of the grant decreasing after Arinori MORI, an Illuminati, took office as the Minister of Education, and the copyright's transfer from the Imperial Household Department to Yoshikawa Kobunkan Inc. in 1887, the grants were suspended in the following year.
さらに啓蒙主義者であった森有礼が文部大臣に就任したことで下賜・下付希望が減少し、1887年に版権が宮内省から吉川弘文館に移されて翌年に下賜・下付が停止された。