However, the Nakatomi clan, who had conducted religious services together with the Imbe clan, gained political power and became predominantly engaged in religious services after Taika Reform; a family of the Nakatomi clan, who had been given the name of Fujiwara, had been given the name of Nakatomi, again.
しかし、大化の改新以降、同様に祭祀を司っていた中臣氏（藤原氏を与えられたが、後に別流は中臣姓に戻された）が政治的な力を持ち、祭祀についても役職は中臣氏だけが就いているという状況だった。