However, from around those times onwards, hikan were absorbed into the ranks of vassals of the bakufu or daimyo (with the exception of individuals who had gained status of Sengoku Daimyo or a more recent daimyo military lord).
しかし、近世以降は、戦国大名または近世大名としての地位を勝ち得た者以外は、幕府又は大名の家臣として組み込まれていった。