When the shogun guaranteed fiefs ('chigyo ando') to the kuge nobles, the document with autographic signature of the seii taishogun which was called 'hanmono' was granted to the daijin-ke families (the third highest status for court nobles) or the superior and those of the Junior First Rank, and the 'shuinjo' letter to the others of lower rank (in the case of warrior households called 'buke,' the hanmono was granted to those of 100,000 koku or more, and the shuinjo to the others of less koku than that.)
公家に対する知行安堵は大臣家以上及び従一位には征夷大将軍からの判物、それ以下には朱印状をもって行われた（武家の場合は10万石以上を判物、それ未満を朱印状としている）。