If the head family had submitted "honke-todokegaki" (head family registration), the bakufu acknowledged the head-and-branch family relationship, and the head family was required to submit notifications of general matters or promotions in these families to the bakufu.
本家より本家届書の提出がされている場合、その本分家関係が幕府に承認され、一般事項や官位昇進に際して本家の届出が必要であった。