In 1615, Ieyasu established Kinchu narabini kuge shohatto (a set of regulations that applied to the emperor and the Kyoto nobles) to establish relationships between the bakufu and the Imperial court, and to clarify differences between the lord-retainer relationships in the Tokugawa shogun family and those in the Imperial Family.
元和(日本)元年（1615年）、家康は禁中並公家諸法度を制定して、朝幕関係の構築と徳川将軍家と天皇家の君臣の別を明らかにした。