While daijokanpu was normally used to send a daijokan's order, daijokancho, a less imperative document, was used to send it to Buddhist temples because daijokan did not have a direct vassal relationship with Buddhist temples.
太政官からの命令は通常は太政官符が用いられるが、寺社とは直接的な被官関係を有しないために太政官符よりも命令色の薄い太政官牒が替わりに用いられた。