Ometuse was one of the highest post among Hatamoto, being equivalent to Edojo-rusui (the post of housekeeping the Edo castle while the shogun was absent from the castle) and Karo (the chief retainer) of the gosankyo families (three privileged branch families of Tokugawa).
大目付は、旗本の職の中でも江戸城留守居・御三卿家老に準ずる最高位とされた。