After the Onin War in 1467, several feudal lords, including Masanori AKAMATSU, were appointed as the military police director, but the post remained vacant for a long period of time and gradually disappeared from history as a result of battles in the Kinai region (areas around Kyoto) and the feudalization of land by powerful feudal rulers.
応仁の乱以降、赤松政則などが就任する場合もあったが、畿内の争乱や守護の在国化等のため空席となり自然消滅した。