The ossobugyo was organized in the Imperial Court during the period in which Emperor Fushimi had the control of the government from 1287 to 1298), and the ossokata and ossobugyo were organized in the early Muromachi bakufu.
朝廷でも伏見天皇親政期に越訴奉行が設置され、室町幕府でも初期には越訴方・越訴奉行が設置された。