However, for instance, retainers of the governor in Mutsu Province were rarely called 'Sendai Hanshi' in the Edo period, and they were officially called 'Matsudaira Mutsu no kami no Kerai' (retainers of the governor of Mutsu Province) (the Date family was given the cognomen of 'Matsudaira' by the shogun family.)
しかし、江戸時代には、たとえば「仙台藩士」とはほとんど言わず、公的には松平陸奥守家来（伊達家は将軍家より松平姓を賜っていた）と称された。