However, during Meiji period, it was prohibited for some time period to take disciples from ordinary people and gagaku was intensively managed in the Ministry of Imperial Household and, therefore, such an iemoto system has not been continued to the modern times.
ただし明治になって一般の弟子を取ることを禁じられた時期があり、また雅楽が宮内省で集中的に管理されたこともあって、こうした家元制度は現代には続いていない。