(Omimaro was appointed as Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) based on the recommendation of Fuhito after Omimaro's official name was changed back to Nakatomi, and since his seventh son, ONAKATOMI no Kiyomaro, rose to the post of Udaijin (minister of the right), his descendants were regarded as being the main branch of the Nakatomi clan and were called the Onakatomi (great Nakatomi) clan.)
（なお、意美麻呂は中臣姓に復帰後に不比等の推薦で中納言となり、その七男の大中臣清麻呂は右大臣まで昇ったため、以後はこの子孫が中臣氏の嫡流とされて特に「大中臣氏」と称されるようになった）。