prior to the establishment of the imperial diet in 1890 , members of the house of peers were elected , among which , members selected from viscounts including toyoshige yamauchi , hisayoshi kano , masayasu hotta formed a group named seimukenkyukai , which was mainly composed of viscount councilors , to study political affairs and to promote mutual friendship on september 22 , 1890 , and that was the origin of kenkyukai . 1890年の帝国議会開設に備えて貴族院議員の選出が行われたが、このうち子爵出身者であった山内豊誠・加納久宜・堀田正養らが政策研究と懇親を兼ねた団体として同年の9月22日に子爵議員を中心として立ち上げた政務研究会を源流とする。
