For this reason, there were many examples whereby an upper-class royal family member who was a candidate for a high government post advanced from the Konoe no Shosho position (Minor Captain of the Inner Palace Guards) to the Konoe no Chujo position (Middle Captain of the Inner place Guards), before assuming the joint positions of Tono Chujo and Kurodo no to and then finally advancing to the court nobility.
そのため、将来の高官候補者である上流貴族の子弟が近衛少将から中将に昇進した後に蔵人頭を兼ねて頭中将となり、その後公卿に昇進する例が多かった。