Even though Tosa and Hizen were included in Sacchodohi (the abbreviated form of Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa, Hizen), the people from these domains were the minority and those from Satsuma and Choshu domains formed far larger-scale cliques
薩長土肥とはいうものの、土佐・肥前出身者は少数にとどまり、薩摩・長州両藩出身者が群を抜いて大規模な閥族を形成した。