Tadayoshi had managed the shomusata by establishing the Hikitsukekata (adjudication office) based on an old system adopted by the Kamakura bakufu, however the business became gradually complicated.
直義は鎌倉幕府の旧制に基づいて引付方を設置して所務沙汰にあたってきたが、事務が煩雑化した。