In the Tsunayoshi era and later, the bakufu operation was conducted mainly through Sobayonin (or Goyotoritsugi), completing the political style called dictatorship by shogun.
この綱吉の代以後は、もっぱら側用人（または御用取次）を通じた政治運営が主流となり、将軍専制という政治形態が完成された。