In the middle, the descendents of TACHIBANA no Noritaka, who was Yoshifuru's grandson, succeeded as the legitimate line of the clan, and in the Middle Ages, the Susuki family, which was the only Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks) from this lineage and succeeded uji no choja (the head of the clan) of the Tachibana clan for generations, was produced.
中央では好古の孫にあたる橘則隆の子孫が嫡流として続き、中世にはこの系統から橘氏唯一の堂上家で、代々橘氏長者となった薄家を輩出した。