An office of historiography, , was set up on the site of the Wagakukōdansho and followed up on its works in the same year. The office changed a first time in 1875 to become the and was abolished and re-established in 1877 as the , which started to work on a national history, the "Dai-Nihon hennenshi" (Chronological History of Great Japan) in 1882, which later became part of the "Dai-Nihon shiryō" (described below). After several reorganizations, this office was transferred to Tokyo Imperial University in 1888; but in 1893, the Minister of Education terminated the work because of conflict between the government and the institute members over the aims and goals of history (also known as the Kume Kunitake Affair, named after the historian, Kume Kunitake, who was expelled from the Historiographical Institute for writing an article that challenged the customs of State Shinto, and was known for advocating a more "Western," scientific approach to history).