There is a well-known historical event that, when FUJIWARA no Tadazane disowned his eldest son FUJIWARA no Tadamichi, who was Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor) in 1150 and designated his second son FUJIWARA no Yorinaga as Toshi choja, Tadazane ordered samurai to transfer Shuki-daiban to Yorinaga by force.
久安6年（1150年）、藤原忠実が長男の関白藤原忠通を義絶して次男の藤原頼長を藤氏長者とした際に武士達に命じて強引に朱器台盤を頼長のもとに移した故事は良く知られている。