It is said that civil officers also wore keneikan during ryoan (Court mourning of close relatives of an emperor), but there is a possibility that it is confounded with kashiwabasami.
また、天皇近親者の喪である諒闇（りょうあん）に際しては文官も巻纓冠を着用するが、柏挟との混同の可能性もある。