However with the exception of the high ranking families and alternative arrangements, as a general rule as vassals of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), Yonin were not provided for family elders and the elderly within families.
ただし、交代寄合・高家以外の江戸幕府の旗本にあっては、原則としてその家中に家老・年寄は設置されなかった。