In that situation, Itagaki, as well as Nakae, based their philosophy on the Restoration of Imperial Rule, and the theory of natural human rights advocated by them were actually based on the Emperor system.
また板垣そして中江も、思想的にはその基礎を王政復古に求めるものであり、天賦人権論も天皇制を基盤としたものだった。