For the gosekke (five top Fujiwara families whose members were eligible for the positions of Sessho and Kanpaku), the postion of toshi choja was inherited by the familiy of shippei (Chinese name for sekkan, regents and advisers); however, this does not mean that this family possessed the position to protect persons in his clan.
藤氏長者は五摂家のなかでも執柄（しっぺい：摂関の唐名）にある家が継承するが、だからといってこの家が氏人を保護する職掌を得ていたのではない。