In the case of gaining ordinary shodaibusei rank, an officer from a koke (a privileged family under the Tokugawa Shogunate), who went to the Imperial court for New Year's greetings, put together a Guzenchodaihosho (a document to solicit an order from the emperor) and brought it to the court, bringing back a Guzen-an (Imperial order for solicitation) to Edo.
通常の諸大夫成の場合、幕府より朝廷への年賀使として高家が上京する際に口宣頂戴奉書をまとめて持参し、その高家が口宣案をまとめて江戸へ持ち帰った。