On April 23, 1870, Kyoto Prefectural Office (Dual capital system by Grand Council of State), which found the state of the academy disturbing, issued an injunction, which closed Shijuku Ritsumeikan after a little less than a year (the establishment was supposed to be around September 23, 1869).
1870年4月23日、塾のあり方に不穏を感じた京都府庁（太政官複都制）が差留命令を下し、私塾立命館はわずか1年弱で閉鎖されることになる（開設は1869年9月23日前後とされる）。