A prototype existed in the Toyotomi government era, where a position of jomai bugyo (a magistrate of administering the annual rice tax) was created and Masanori FUKUSHIMA and Takamasa MOURI were appointed.
原型は豊臣政権時代に存在し、城米奉行（じょうまいぶぎょう）が置かれて福島正則・毛利高政らが任命された。