Even after the Yoshinori Era, the Bugyoshu increased its influence within the bakufu, and while Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA was the shogun, for all practical purposes the Bugyoshu constituted the virtually supreme advisory board of the bakufu in place of existing official posts such as the Hyojoshu.
義教以後も幕府内部における奉行衆の発言力は増大して、足利義政の頃には評定衆などの既存の幕府制度上の役職に代わって、事実上の幕府最高諮問機関を構成することになる。