As the Sengoku Period (the Period of Warring States) started, regulation of the Muromachi bakufu which had been responsible for conferring ranks and titles collapsed, then gradually the powerful daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) actively contributed money directly to the Imperial Court to seek office, resulting in an unprecedented appointment and Yoshitaka OUCHI, the most powerful shugo daimyo (Japanese territorial lord as provincial constable), was granted junii.
戦国時代に入ると、武士の官途を担っていた室町幕府の統制が崩れ、次第に有力大名が時下に朝廷に献金し猟官運動を行うことが盛んになり、西国一の有力守護大内義隆が従二位に叙せられる異例の叙位がなされている。