Furthermore, during the mid-Heian period, ranking among court nobles were fixed, such as ranks for Imperial families, Sekkan (Regent and Chancellor) families, and other court nobles, and 'daikyo' became a form of receiving guests.
更に平安中期になると、貴族の中でも皇族、摂関家、それ以外の貴族の序列は動かしがたい物となり、その接待の形式として「大饗」が定められる。