Setsurei MIYAKE mentioned that Kuki lost his power in the Ministry of Education since Takato OKI, who became Monbukyo in December 1882, did not trust Kuki very much, and his great supporter Tomomi IWAKURA died the following year.
明治15年（1882年）12月に文部卿となった大木喬任は九鬼への信頼が弱く、翌年に強力な支持者であった岩倉具視が亡くなると文部省での九鬼の権勢は弱まった、と三宅雪嶺は語っている。