The other shogun are often considered to have left political matters to Bakufu cabinet officials, or to have merely followed the orders made by the former shogun (or his father).
しかし、それ以外の将軍は幕閣に政治を任せるか、前将軍（または将軍の父）である大御所に唯々諾々と従う存在であったかのように思われがちである。