The next year, when the Minister of Education Kinmochi SAIONJI, who succeeded the charge of the newly appointed Minister of Education Hamao (the third Ito Cabinet), resigned from the ministry for the reason of his illness, NAKAGAWA also left his official job.
翌年、浜尾新文部大臣に代わり就任した西園寺公望文部大臣（第三次伊藤内閣）が病気を理由に辞職すると中川も官職を退官。