Also, from the middle of the Edo period onwards, clans tended to confer goshi` (rural samurai) status in large numbers in return for a monetary contribution which came to form part of the clan's revenue; this practice of certain amounts of money changing hands to obtain particular titles became institutionalized and the practice was known as 'Sunshi Gokenin' (literally meaning `gifted low ranked vassal`).
また江戸時代中期以降、藩は献金に応じ郷士格を乱発する傾向となり、昇格する格式によって金額まで定められ藩の収入の一部ともなり「寸志御家人」として制度化された。