In accordance with such orders, the Yamauchi clan tried to distinguish between the vassals of the Chosokabe clan, who were called Goshi (郷士), and its own vassals, who were called Joshi (上士).
この命令に従って山内氏は長宗我部氏の家臣達を郷士、自身の家臣達を上士と区別し、差別化を図った。