Although most military commanders of the Budan-ha were the ones who rendered distinguished services in a number of battle fields (especially in the Bunroku-Keicho War) (their name "Budan" meaning resorting to military means came from this fact), they could not be said to have had high positions in the center of the administration.
武断派の武将たちは、今まで数々の戦場（特に文禄・慶長の役）で、大きな戦功を立てたたものが多かった（これが武断派の名称の由来となった）が、その功績に比して政権の中枢で大きな地位を占めているとはいえなかった。