Therefore, when Fuhito grew old enough to assume the leadership, the official name of clan members other than Fuhito, the rightful successor to Kamatari, was changed to the original Nakatomi in order to create a system that enabled Dajokan (the grand council of state) to be governed by the Fujiwara clan and Jingikan (the Department of Worship) by the Nakatomi clan.
そのため、後に不比等が成長し頭角を現すと、藤原氏が太政官を中臣氏が神祇官を領掌する体制とするために、鎌足嫡男の不比等以外は元の中臣姓に戻された。