In addition, duplicates are made from shomon in the following cases: when the Imperial court and bakufu send the same command to several regions; when documents received by ancestors are copied and distributed to a new branch family upon separation, or when producing documentary evidence during a lawsuit.
また、朝廷や幕府が同じ命令を各地に出すときや、分家するときに先祖が発給を受けた文書を分家に写しとして分与したり、訴訟で証拠書類を提出するとき、正文をもとに写しを作成する。