It is said that these Karo officers were given a status equivalent to that of daimyo: for example, even in when travelling with the family they served for Sankinkotai (a system under which feudal lords were required to spend every other year in residence in Edo) they were granterd the status and prestige equivalent a daimyo.
これらは、家老と言えど大名と同等の格式を与えられ、主家の参勤交代随伴時においても、大名並みの格式と威光を放ったとされる。