From the end of Edo period to the Meiji Restoration, Takauta SHIJO was actively involved in affairs of state as a court noble belonging to the group which revered the Emperor and desired the expulsion of foreigners/overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate; he suffered in incident of the shichikyo-ochi (defeated seven nobles) with Sanetomi SANJO, but after the Meiji Restoration he was rehabilitated, joining the army and reaching the rank of lieutenant general.
幕末、明治維新期の四条隆謌（たかうた）は、尊皇攘夷、倒幕派の公卿として国事に奔走し、三条実美らとともに七卿落ちの憂き目にもあったが、明治維新後、復権し陸軍に入り陸軍中将にまで累進した。