Similarly to the hyojoshu (a member of Council of State) of the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), five members including Saneuji SAIONJI were appointed to hyojoshu, and the 'In-no-fu-dono,' Fumidono (the retired emperor's Documents Bureau) in the In no cho (Retired Emperor's Office) was designated as the venue.
鎌倉幕府の評定衆に倣って西園寺実氏ら5人の評定衆が任命されるとともに開催場所も院庁の文殿である「院文殿（いんのふどの）」と定められた。