After the Meiji Period, as is widely alleged like 'Satsuma'a Navy, Choshu's Army,' Satsuma clique gained the power within the Navy as marked by Gonbei YAMAMOTO and Heihachiro TOGO and Choshu clique gained the power within the Army as represented by Aritomo YAMAGATA and Taro KATSURA.
明治時代以降、一般に「薩の海軍、長の陸軍」というように海軍では山本権兵衛や東郷平八郎に代表される薩摩閥が、陸軍では山県有朋や桂太郎に代表される長州閥が勢力を握っていたとされる。