However, towards the end of the Heian period, it gave a chance fo samurai from non-capital provinces to gain a connection with kuge in the capital, and some samurai could obtain an official rank through their connections.
しかしながら、平安時代末期においては地方の武士が中央の公家と結び付きを持つチャンスであり、大番役を通して官位を手にする事が出来た。