Jisha honjoryo no koto was formulated at the first hyojohajime (a ceremony within the bakufu conducted at the first held conference gathering of government officials on New Year's day or at the inauguration of a new shogun) after the inauguration of the third Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") of the Muromachi bakufu, Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA.
室町幕府第3代征夷大将軍足利義満が就任して最初の評定始の際に定められた法令である。