On February 20, 1899, Sanyo-kai (a group of the House of Peers) (Motohiro NIJO, Atsumaro KONOE and others) which was once a dominant group dissolved because of declining power, and then, it became a group of 22 member by merging with Asahi Club and being joined by Sukenori SOGA who broke from Konwa-kai (a group of the House of Peers) due to its internal conflict.
翌1899年2月20日にかつての有力会派であった三曜会（二条基弘・近衛篤麿ら）が勢力衰退により解散して朝日倶楽部と合併し、続いて懇話会の内紛で離脱した曾我祐準らも合流して22名となった。