As described above, it managed administration and justice in Kyoto, justice in the four neighboring provinces as well as administration of the shogunate demesne, and controlled temple and shrine territories (excluding monzeki temples (temples of high rank where members of imperial family and nobility enter the priesthood)).
前述のように京都の行政・裁判の他、周辺4ヶ国の裁判・天領の行政及び寺社領の支配（ただし、門跡寺院は除く）を行った。