In other words, Oban was to be served on New Year's day by the kanrei (shogunal deputy) of that time, Toki clan on the second, Sasaki clan on the third, Akamatsu clan on the seventh, and Yamanaka clan on the fifteenth (However, when the Sasaki clan split into the Kyogoku and Rokkaku clans, the two clans took turns serving oban).
すなわち、元日は時の管領が、2日は土岐氏、3日は佐々木氏、7日は赤松氏、15日は山名氏が行うこととされた（なお、佐々木氏が京極氏と六角氏に分裂すると、両氏が毎年交代で椀飯を奉ることとなった）。