Since the Meiji era, when the Companies Act was established on one hand while, on the other hand, Tomoito SUMITOMO (who had no experience as a businessman since he was from the Miyatake Family of old court nobility) became the family head, this tendency became more prominent.
一方で会社法が整備され、他方で旧公家宮武家出身で実業家としての経験がない友純が当主となった明治に入ってからは、一層顕著になった。