At the end of the Edo period, the chief of the Aizu Domain, Katamori MATSUDAIRA, went through the imperial court to be appointed by the Edo bakufu to the post of Kyoto Shugoshiki.
幕末、会津藩の藩主、松平容保が朝廷を通じて江戸幕府より京都守護職に任ぜられている。