The time of party government had begun, and under such circumstances Yamagata's political power started to dwindle due to his poor handling of the certain serious incident of the Imperial Court.
そのような中で政党内閣の時代を迎え、やがて宮中某重大事件を巡る対応の拙さから山縣の政治的な権威は大きく失墜した。