Jugoinoge was conferred on all branches that came from the lineage of a prestigious family and had few enfeoffments, all fudai daimyo (a daimyo in hereditary vassal to the Tokugawa family), all tozama daimyo (nonhereditary feudal lord) having Kokudaka (assessed yield) under 100,000 Koku (approximately 18 million liters of crop yield) in their territory, and all hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu) of high rank in the Edo period.
江戸時代以降は、御家門のうち傍流にして知行の少ない家、譜代大名、10万石に満たない外様大名は、或いは大身の旗本はみな従五位下に叙せられた。