In the Kishu domain, the kusurigomeyaku officially worked as security guard of the O-oku (the inner halls of Edo Castle where the wife of the Shogun and her servants reside,) but also conducted intelligence-gathering activities under the direct command of the lord like the oniwaban.
紀州藩でも奥向きの警備を表向きの職務とし、藩主の命を受けて情報収集を行っていたとされる。