When Nobunaga ODA went to the capital with Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA in hand and put Kyoto under his dominion, he made his vassal Sadakatsu MURAI the Kyoto Shoshidai, in charge of maintaining the peace in Kyoto, imitating the organization of the Muromachi Shogunate.
京都所司代（きょうとしょしだい）は、織田信長が1568年に足利義昭を擁して上洛し、京都を支配下に置いたとき、室町幕府の機構を踏襲し、家臣の村井貞勝を京都の治安維持のために置いた機関。