Also, Kugyo (the top court officials) who did not rise to a minister and who were lower in rank than the Urin family (the fourth highest family status for court nobles), including Dainagon (chief councilor of state) and Chunagon (vice-councilor of state), were promoted to this rank.
その他、大納言、中納言など大臣に昇ることがない羽林家未満の公卿も昇叙によってこの位階に叙せられることがある。