Of these, the 26 former kuge families that had had a family member succeed to the position of head priest at a powerful temple or train at such a temple before returning to the secular life and some other families were given the name "Nara kazoku."
特に大寺院の門跡であった公家の子弟が還俗し、新たな華族となった26家は奈良華族と総称される。