As stated below, after the Toyotomi government had fallen, some of the Yuhitsushu were hired by the Tokugawa government, and the term Yuhitsushu was also adopted by the Edo Bakufu.
なお、後述のように豊臣政権の没落後、右筆衆の中には徳川政権によって右筆に登用されたものもおり、右筆衆という言葉は江戸幕府でも採用されている。