After Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, who became the first Kanpaku (chief advisor to the Emperor) from a samurai family, conquered the country, samurai were increasingly promoted to high ranks, and Sanmi was granted to the clan and daimyo such as Kagemasa UESUGI and Terumoto MORI.
武家初の関白となった豊臣秀吉が天下統一を果たして以降は、武家が高位に昇る例が増え一門や上杉景勝、毛利輝元などの大名に三位が与えられた。