However, after MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, the Seii taishogun, died, Tokimasa HOJO, an influential gokenin, was appointed as the Totomi no Kami (the highest level of Kokushi in Totomi Province) as a qualification of the father of the Shogun's wife, since then the Hojo clan was appointed to higher ranks up to Shoshiinoge (Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) and their kin were appointed to a wide range of ranks from Jushiinoge (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) to Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade).
しかし、征夷大将軍源頼朝の死後、有力御家人北条時政が将軍岳父の資格で遠江国守に任ぜられ、以後、北条氏が正四位下を極位とし、北条一門においても従四位下～従五位下の間で広く叙任が行われた。