Furthermore, in the late Muromachi period, Masanori AKAMATSU, a powerful Shugo (provincial constable), was granted the rank, and gradually, dominant daimyo (feudal lord) other than the Ashikaga clan began to be granted the rank.
その他、室町時代後期には有力守護の赤松政則が叙せられるなど次第に足利氏以外の有力大名の叙位も見られるようになった。