 Itagaki was offered the title of Count ("Hakushaku") in 1884, as the new peerage system known as "kazoku" was formed, but he accepted only on the condition that the title not be passed on to his heirs.The Liberal Party dissolved itself on 29 October 1884.It was reestablished shortly before the opening of the Imperial Diet in 1890 as the Rikken Jiyūtō.