| Thus, the new system had been established only after considerable difficulty, but it was not long before Kido and Itagaki clashed over the issue of the power of the Assembly of Prefectural Governors. |
難産の末に確立された新体制であったが、ほどなく地方官会議の権限をめぐって木戸と板垣が対立するようになる。 |