 The mission established the Ichigaya Military Academy (), built in 1874, on the ground of today's Ministry of Defense.In 1877, the modernized Imperial Japanese Army would defeat the Satsuma rebellion led by Saigō Takamori.A third French military mission to Japan (1884–89) composed of five men started in 1884, but this time the Japanese also involved some German officers for the training of the General Staff from 1886 to 1889 (the Meckel Mission), although the training of the rest of the Officers remained to the French mission.