And they were allowed to call themselves Tokugawa (other "ichimon", family-related clans of the Tokugawa family, called themselves Matsudaira), and also use "Mitsuba-aoi no kamon" (family crest of three leaves of Hollyhock).
また、徳川姓を名乗ること（他の一門は松平姓）や、三つ葉葵の家紋の使用などが許されていた。