First, fudai daimyo are characterized by being eligible to an important post of the cabinet officials of the shogunate including the posts of roju (senior councilors in the Edo bakufu) and wakadoshiyori (a managerial position in the Edo bakufu).
第一に譜代大名は、老中・若年寄をはじめとする幕閣の要職に就く資格があることである。