Originally, Gon Chunagon (Provisional Vice-councilor of State) was Kyokkan (the most highest rank which the family members were appointed) of the Sono family, but their position in the Imperial Court was raised as Mototo and Motonari, for two consecutive generations, became the maternal grandfathers of the emperors, and Motoyoshi, a son of Motonari, was unprecedentedly appointed to Jun-daijin.
もともと園家は権中納言が極官だったが、基任・基音と二代にわたって天皇の外祖父を出したことにより、園家の宮中での席次も上がり、基音の子である基福は異例の准大臣に叙せられた。