However, it came to be worn by others during the middle ages, including by sekke (regents and advisers) after being appointed daijin, as well as by ordinary seigake (court nobles ranking below sekke, who became Konoe no Daisho (Major Captain of the Palace Guards) before being made daijin) after being appointed taisho (general), and by daijinke (nobles ranked seigake who became Konoe no Daisho before being made daijinke) after their appointment to that status.
しかし中世には上皇のほか、摂家は任大臣以後、一般の清華家（摂家につぐ名門の公家。近衛大将を経て大臣になる）では任大将以後、大臣家（清華家より下の公家で、近衛大将を経ず大臣になる）では任大臣以後に使用した。