According to the job rank system in 1672, there were 12 appointed to this post, earning executive allowance of 100 bales of rice and two of the kanjo-kumigashira were appointed to take charge of Edo Castle whereas the rest appointed to cover the Osaka region and the Kanto region (at least 4 appointees).
寛文12年（1672年）の職制によれば定員12名・役料は100俵であり、御殿（江戸城）担当が2名が設置され、残りは上方担当と関東地方担当に振り分けられていた（最低4名）。