In the Seiwa-Genji, MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka who was a son of MINAMOTO no Tsunemoto, and Mitsunaka's eldest son, the leader of the Settsu-Genji (Minamoto clan), MINAMOTO no Yorimitsu, and Mitsunaka's fourth son, the leader of the Kawachi-Genji, MINAMOTO no Yorinobu, as well as leaders of the Kawachi-Genji such as MINAMOTO no Yoriyoshi and MINAMOTO no Yoshiie ascended to that rank.
清和源氏では初代　源経基その子の源満仲、また満仲の長男　摂津源氏の棟梁、源頼光、同じく満仲の四男で河内源氏の棟梁　源頼信はじめ源頼義、源義家など河内源氏代々の棟梁がその位に昇った。