In Kyoto, in addition to serving by succession as Takiguchi no musha (samurai guards of the Imperial Residence and the forerunner of the Konoe troops), the members of the Watanabe clan held some central governmental posts including Emonfu (Headquarters of the Outer Palace Guards) and Hyoefu (Headquarters of the Middle Palace Guards).
京都では内裏で天皇の警護(近衛部隊の前身のようなもの)に就く滝口武者を世襲し、他にも衛門府、兵衛府など中央の官職を有していた。