It was established in November, 1606 and six people were appointed as Banto (heads of the group), namely Tadamoto MIZUNO, Masafuyu KUSAKABE, Masatake NARUSE, Noritaka OKUBO, Masanari INOUE, and Shigemune ITAKURA.
慶長11年(1606年)11月に設立され、水野忠元・日下部正冬・成瀬正武・大久保教隆・井上正就・板倉重宗の六人を番頭とした。