In the Edo period, Sekke (line of regents and advisers) monopolized the position of Sakonoe no daisho, and even in the case of Tokugawa Shoguns, only 4 of them were assigned to Sakonoe no daisho exceptionally (other Tokugawa Shoguns and the Seiga family [one of the highest court noble families in Japan at that time] or lower were only assigned to Ukonoe no daisho).
江戸時代には摂家が左近衛大将の地位を独占し、徳川将軍ですら例外的に4名が任じられたのみであった（例外を除いた徳川将軍及び清華家以下は右近衛大将にのみ任じられていた）。