Because it was difficult for the Shoshidai to keep the peace in the capital by himself during the period of upheaval at the end of the Edo era, the Kyoto Shugoshoku was put at the highest level of the organization; and the Shoshidai was subordinate to him.
幕末動乱期は所司代だけでは、京の治安を治めるのは難しく、その上に最高機構として京都守護職をおき、所司代はその下に入った。