At the outset, it dealt with lawsuits in the Kinai together with Fushimi bugyo and had jurisdiction over Kyoto city with the shoshidai, eventually the job became busy.
当初は伏見奉行とともに畿内の訴訟を扱い、また所司代と共同で京都の市政なども管轄していたが、職務が繁忙となってきた。