Aside from this, another position of Mutsu no kami was assigned to Fifth-ranked Jige-ke (family status of non-noble retainers who were not allowed into the Emperor's living quarters in the imperial palace) by the Imperial Court in Kyoto.
一方京都では、これとは別に朝廷によって五位クラスの地下家が陸奥守に任命されていた。