On the other hand, the Abe clan played their cards well, with ABE no Ariyo (the 14th generation ABE no Seimei) climbing to kugyo status of Junii (Junior Second Rank) by using the patronage of Seii taishogun ASHIKAGA Yoshimitsu as a stepping stone and it became the talk of the town as a landmark incident in which onmyoji, who were dreaded and detested because of the nature of their official capacity in the Imperial Court in those days, were made kugyo.
しかし安倍氏だけは上手く立ち回り、安倍有世（安倍晴明から14代の子孫）は、征夷大将軍足利義満の庇護を足がかりに、ついに公卿である従二位にまで達し、当時の宮中では職掌柄恐れ忌み嫌われる立場にあった陰陽師が公卿になったことが画期的な事件として話題を呼んだ。