After the Emperor Yomei era, descendants of emperors and princes were often given kabane in the Nara period and the number of Mahito amounted to more than 48 clans which are recorded in the "Shinsen Shojiroku" (Newly Compiled Register of Clan Names and Titles of Nobility) (If it includes those which appeared in "Rikkokushi" [the Six National Histories], the number of Mahito clans increases).
それ以降の天皇・皇子の子孫についても、奈良時代にたびたび賜姓が行われ、『新撰姓氏録』の載せる真人姓は48氏に昇る（六国史にのみ所見のものも含むと更に増加）。