Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, followed suit, and each successive shogun became Genji Choja except for Hidetada TOKUGAWA and succeeded to the offices of Shogakuin Bettoshoku and Junnain Bettoshoku until the end of the Edo period.
徳川幕府を開いた徳川家康もこれに倣い、徳川秀忠を除く歴代将軍が源氏長者となったため、幕末まで将軍による源氏長者・奨学院別当職・淳和院別当職の世襲が続いた。