After the Meiji Restoration, while both Oshikoji and Mibu families were conferred Baron, the Hirata family was treated as shizoku (family with samurai ancestors) equally with other government officials.
押小路家・壬生両家は明治維新後は男爵に叙せられたのに対して、平田家はその他の官人と同様の士族として扱われた。