The koshogumi bangashira (head of page office) and shoin bangashira (head of military patrol) who held important posts in the bakufu government were actually lower in rank than bangashira in feudal domains, and were often called kosho kumigashira or shoin kumigashira, and had their functions covered by the bangashira in the small domains.
幕府の役職に相当する小姓組番頭や書院番頭は、諸藩にあっては番頭よりやや格下であり、小姓組組頭・書院組頭と呼称されることが多く、小さな藩にあっては、番頭がこれらの役目を兼帯していた。