After the Meiji Restoration it was once patronized by the house of the Imperial Prince Arisugawanomiya, but in 1890 it belonged to shuryo-ryo (the Division of Imperial Hunting) of Imperial Household Ministry and was under direct control of the Imperial Household Ministry (present Imperial Household Agency).
明治維新後は一時有栖川宮家御用となるも、1890年に宮内省主猟寮属となり、長良川鵜飼は宮内省（現宮内庁）の直轄となった。