This practice, however, became increasingly lax, with some scholar monks being appointed as hogi without leaving the priesthood and who subsequently transferred or held an additional post of a senior Shitokan position (particularly kami and suke) while working as administration officers.
ただ、次第にこの運用はあいまいになり、学僧が還俗しないまま方技に任命され、四等官上位職（特に頭・助）に転任または兼任を命じられて、行政官としても実働することも見られるようになっている。