Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") Takauji ASHIKAGA left Tadayoshi ASHIKAGA, who actively supported Takauji during his plans to overthrow the Kamakura bakufu and departure from the Kenmu Restoration, to manage administration and Tadayoshi was in charge of shogunate administration such as litigation.
征夷大将軍の足利尊氏は、鎌倉幕府の討幕や、建武の新政からの離反などにおいて尊氏を積極的に補佐した実弟の足利直義に政務を任せており、訴訟関係をはじめとする幕政は直義が司っていた。