Most of the gokamon including the Echizen Matsudaira family, head of gokamon, did not take up posts of the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) but were highly respected for their social status as the shogun family.
御家門筆頭の越前松平家をはじめとして、御家門の多くは幕府の役職につくことはなく、将軍家の一門としての格式を重んじられた。