Kugyo (high court noble) were generally given shoden, and Sangi (councilors) in the shii (Fourth Rank) were treated equally with kugyo exceptionally as members of Giseikan (Legislature).
公卿は原則的に昇殿が許され、また四位の参議は議政官の一員として例外的に公卿に準じた扱いが認められていた。