Furthermore, there were a number of individuals within these families who were unable to assume an official bakufu post, but there were also a few who were employed by influential shugo daimyo (provincial military governors becoming daimyo (Japanese feudal lords)) and demonstrated their abilities within the fields of justice and document preparation.
さらに、こうした家々の庶流の中には幕府の役職には就けなかった者もいたが、そうした者の中には有力な守護大名に登用されて司法や文書作成など分野においてその能力を発揮した者も存在した。