The following is the order in which people qualified for this position: Hikurodo (people training to be a Kudo (Keeper of the Imperial Archives) of noble birth; Hikurodo, Shippei koto (vassals of the Sekke (line of regents and advisors); important Inshi posts (officials of the Retired Emperor's Office), Zoshiki (low-ranking functionaries); Jusei (Confucian scholars) who had passed difficult exams such as the Myobodo (study of codes); and Hogandai (administrative officials of the Retired Emperor's Office).
任官資格順位としては「公卿の子弟の非蔵人（蔵人の見習）」、「非蔵人」、「執柄勾当（摂家の家来）」、「院司主な役職」　「雑色」、「儒生の修了者（明法道などの難試験に合格した者）」、「判官代」の順である。