However, since Bakufu was the domestic governing institution for the Shogun family, for the Shiba clan, which was almost on the same level of status as the Shogun family, holding an important post in Bakufu meant its acceptance as being lower than the Shogun family in status as well as being a retainer of the Shogun.
しかし、幕府は将軍家の家政機関であり、将軍家とほぼ同列の格式を持つ斯波氏が幕府の要職に就くということは、将軍家より格下で臣下だということを認めることであった。