The Kizokuin was not made up of publicly elected officials, but of councilors from the Imperial family, members of the peerage, and Chokuningiin (appointees of the emperor); it was never dissolved and most of the councilors had life tenure.
非公選の皇族議員・華族議員・勅任議員によって構成され、解散はなく、議員の多くが終身任期だった。