In the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States), the Miyoshi clan, who were a vassal of sankanrei Hosokawa clan and a family of Shugodai (deputy of Shugo, provincial constable), were listed as Shobanshu (officials who accompany the Shogun) of the bakufu and were granted Jushiinoge, and this led to their vassal, Hisahide MATSUNAGA, also being promoted to Jushiinoge like his master family, and appointments were made according to real abilities rather than parentage or social status.
戦国時代に入ると、そもそもは三管領細川氏の家臣で守護代の家柄であった三好氏が幕府相伴衆に列し従四位下に叙せられたのに伴い、その家臣である松永久秀も主家同様に従四位下に昇るなど家柄や身分によらず実力に応じた除目も行われるようになった。