However, Kurodo (Chamberlain) was, due to their duties, allowed to enter the Imperial Palace even when their Ikai was Rokui, and thus people with Goi or higher and Rokui no kurodo (kurodo with the Sixth Rank) were called Tenjobito (a high-ranking courtier allowed into the Imperial Palace).
但し、蔵人の場合、その職務上、六位であっても昇殿が許され、五位以上の者と六位蔵人の者を合わせて殿上人と称した。