Ito submitted written opinion and proposed gradual reform and reform of new peerage system to set up a upper house (IWAKIRA, who was from court noble family disliked the latter opinion but ITO submitted this daringly).
伊藤は同年暮れに意見書を提出し、漸進的な改革と上院設置のための華族制度改革を提議した（後者は公家出身の岩倉が嫌う点であるが、伊藤は敢えて提出したのである）。