Also, because the name of a parliamentary group from the Meiji period to the early Taisho period and that from the later Taisho period to the Showa period were the same, the group in the former period was called as the "First Independents" as well as the other in the latter was called as the "Second Independents" to be distinguished for convenience.
また、明治から大正前期と大正後期から昭和にかけて同一名称の会派が存在しているため、便宜上前者を「第一次無所属」、後者を「第二次無所属」と呼んで区別する。