At first they were called kansei because they were held in the Daijokan Cho (Great Council of State), however, in the latter half of the Heian period they were already transferred to the closer Geki Cho.
当初は太政官庁で行われていたために官政（かんせい）と呼ばれていたが、平安時代前期には早くもより近い外記庁に移されていくことになる。