Some court nobles belonging to the Southern Court were appointed as government officials in the Northern Court, however most of the positions were filled with members from Northern Court, many of those court nobles from the Southern Court were not able to return to the society of the court nobles.
南朝に属していた公家は一部は北朝で任官したが、官職は既に北朝の公家で占められており、多くは公家社会への復帰が適わなかったと考えられている。