In addition to Hidehira holding the position of Chinjufu Shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North), successive members of the Oshu Fujiwara clan inherited the position of Oryoshi (a government post responsible for policing and military affairs): Kiyohira became the Oryoshi of Mutsu Province; Motohira, the Oryoshi of the Six Counties of Mutsu Province and Dewa Province; and Yasuhira, the Oryoshi of Dewa Province and Mutsu Province.
清衡は陸奥押領使に、基衡は奥六郡押領使、出羽押領使に、秀衡は鎮守府将軍、泰衡は出羽、陸奥押領使であり押領使を世襲する。