Of kokushu and kunimochidaimyo, the families with the last name of Matsudaira other than the Yamauchi family, as well as the Hosokawa and Uesugi families who were senior vassals during the Muromachi period, had the custom of "genpuku" (coming-of-age ceremony) cerebration in the court and granting subordinates the use of a character from the superior's real name for the successors.
国主・国持大名のうち、山内家を除く松平姓の家と室町幕府の重臣であった細川家・上杉家は世嗣の殿上元服・賜諱（偏諱の授与）がある。