The eshi painter must specify a monzeki temple (a temple of high rank where members of imperial family and nobility enter the priesthood) as a contact, borrow the name of a hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu, which is a form of Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) etc. in a position of authority, ask master etc. to be a guarantee to submit application to machi-bugyo (town magistrate) for approval, then the application was returned to the temple again for evaluation, and finally imperial decree of appointment was given through buke tenso (liaison officers between the imperial court and the military government).
門跡寺院を窓口として、しかるべき旗本などの名義を借り師匠などに保証人を頼んだ上で、町奉行に願書を提出し許可を得た後、寺院に再度申請を差し出し評定にかけられ、武家伝奏を介して叙任の宣旨が下された。