Tomonomiyatsuko and Shinabe (technicians in offices), which had been traditional hereditary posts, were abolished and so was the system whereby a specific clan inherited a specific post (for example, the Mononobe clan administered the military affair and the Nakatomi clan took charge of the religious service).
従来の世襲制の役職であった、伴造、品部（しなべ、しなじなのとものお）を廃止し、特定の氏族が特定の役職を世襲する制度を廃止した（たとえば、物部氏であれば、軍事を司り、中臣氏であれば祭祀を司る）。