There are also various theories about when the restoration ended, and it may have continued until Haihan-chiken (abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures) in 1872, until the end of the Seinan War in 1877, until the inauguration of the cabinet system in 1885, or until the establishment of constitutionalism in 1889.
終了時期についても、廃藩置県の断行（1872年）、西南戦争の終結（1877年）、内閣制度の発足（1885年）、立憲体制の確立（1889年）までとするなど諸説ある。