Therefore, regent to the shogunate Yasutoki HOJO took charge in establishing the Goseibai-shikimoku by consulting with some of the hyojoshu (a member of Council of State) including Yasutsura OTA and Joen SAITO with assistance of the family patriarch Tokifusa HOJO.
そこで執権であった北条泰時が中心になり、一門の長老北条時房を連署とし太田康連、斎藤浄円らの評定衆の一部との協議によって制定された。