By this time, it was beginning to be considered the norm to guard the emperor without regard to governmental position, as can be seen in entries such as 'an example of nowadays' in the "Suisa-ki" diary of the kugyo (aristocrats).
この段階では公卿達の日記『水左記』などにも「近日の例」と書かれるようになり、官職によらず天皇を警護することが普通のことと思われはじめる。