During the period of the sixth shogun of the Muromachi bakufu, Yoshinori ASHIKAGA, the post was monopolized by the Ise, Ueno, Odachi and Hatakeyama clans, and they took charge of Moshitsugi in turn, forming a group composed of several persons working in shifts.
室町幕府6代将軍足利義教の頃には伊勢氏・上野氏・大舘氏・畠山氏の4氏出身者によって独占されるようになり、彼らは数名で結番して交代で申次の職務にあたった。