The officers functioned as a deputy of seii-taishogun (literally, great general who was to subdue the barbarians), as Kyoto shoshidai (the Kyoto deputy) and Osaka jodai (the person sent for controlling the Osaka castle) did. |
また、京都所司代・大坂城代等と同様に征夷大将軍を代理する立場にある。 |