After Tsunenaga TAKATSUJI (1414 - 1475) during the Muromachi period, the highest appointed court position was Dainagon (chief councilor of state), after serving as monjo hakase (professor of literature) and in Daigakuryo and Shikibusho.
室町時代の高辻継長（1414年－1475年）以降は文章博士・大学寮・式部省を経て大納言を極官とするようになる。