Thus, ITO announced to organize the Cabinet on condition that major genkuns (the statesmen who contributed in Meiji Restoration) should join the Cabinet, and completed organization of the Cabinet with two ex-prime ministers, Kiyotaka KURODA and Aritomo YAMAGATA joining the Cabinet.
そこで伊藤は主だった元勲の入閣を条件に組閣を行うことを表明、黒田清隆・山縣有朋の両首相経験者の入閣を得て組閣を終えた。