However, SUGAWARA no Tamenaga (Tamenaga TAKATSUJI) (1158 - 1246) from the early Kamakura period was promoted to a sangi (councilor) and the family joined the rank of court nobles.
しかし、鎌倉時代初期の菅原為長(高辻為長)（1158年－1246年）が参議に昇進して公卿の列に加わった。