The rules are said to have originated during the Roshi-gumi days, when members became Oazukari, samurai serving the Aizu Clan, and KONDO and other Shiei-kan Party members handed down the rules to SERIZAWA and other Mito Party members.
成立は会津藩預となった浪士組時代に近藤ら試衛館派から芹沢ら水戸派に提示されたと考えられている。