In 1336, Takauji ASHIKAGA, who had overthrown the Kenmu government, aiming to establish a new government, which later became the Muromachi bakufu, set up the Onshogata (also called Ontakugata) by appointing KO no Moronao as the tonin, who was a high minister of the Ashikaga shogun family and Takauji's steward.
建武3年（延元元年/1336年）、建武政府を倒した足利尊氏は直ちに後の室町幕府となる新政府の樹立を図り、足利将軍家の家宰である執事高師直を頭人とする恩賞方（恩沢方（おんたくがた）とも）を設置した。