Additionally, special envoys called "toshi" (messenger from the Kamakura bakufu), who were directly sent from the bakufu, were in some cases, granted authority to directly negotiate with the Imperial Court or to command the Tandai, and such authority was constantly restrained by the central power of the bakufu.
また、幕府から直接派遣された「東使」と称される特使が朝廷との直接交渉や探題への指揮の権限を与えられる事例もあり、その権限は常に幕府中枢によって掣肘を加えられていたと言ってよい。