Whenever the Tokugawa Bakufu dispatched a newly appointed governor of Kyoto (Shoshidai 所司代) to administer the Kinai region, he would be accompanied by one of the Bakufu's senior councillors (roju 老中), a practice known a hikiwatashi jokyo 引渡上京 (lit. presentation at the capital). This practice found its roots in the original ceremony regarding shoshidai succession, which involved the presentation of a document sealed in vermillion by a senior councillor to the newly appointed governor. Originally, on the occasion of a change of appointee, the newly appointed shoshidai would arrive in Kyoto, while his predecessor was still in residence and go through a short period of transition. The practice of hikiwatashi jokyo then evolved along with a diminution in the power and authority of the office of shoshidai that occurred between the Tenna and Kyoho eras (1681-1736), and became the established precedent as the result of negotiations with the imperial court in 1717 and 1726. As hikiwatashi jokyo took root, it gradually developed into a merely formalized ritual, leading the Bakufu to ultimately decide that it was no longer necessary, resulting in its disappearance in 1806. However, the fact of senior councillors visiting Kyoto was still a practice deemed worthy by the Bakufu for such reasons as impressing upon the people of the Kinai the authority of the Shogunate in Edo. For example, the arrival of senior councillor Matsudaira Noriyasu in the capital during 1850 was met with a report presented to him by the Bakufu's Kyoto town functionary (machi bugyo 町奉行) containing information on the local economy and evaluations of the capital's aristocratic families, which the Bakufu utilized in its policy-making decisions. Moreover, the imperial court took the opportunity of Matsudaira's visit to press it views on the necessity of strengthening the country's coastal and maritime defences. It was in 1857 that the arrival of United States consul general Townsend Harris was announced to the imperial court by senior councillor Wakisaka Yasunori during a hikiwatashi mission. This last example demonstrates that during the last decades of Bakufu governance, characterized by increasing international tension and a rise in the importance of the imperial court, the practice of hikiwatashi jokyo was revived as a means of conducting negotiations with the Emperors.

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In Genroku and Houei period, the zone of noble village gradually expanded, because the noble lands increased on the area that was adjacent to the south of "Tsuiji-no-uchi" area, and some vacant areas were created around "Tsuiji-no-uchi" area to provide against the fire. But only at "Tera-machi"and "Ura-tera-machi", adjacent to the east of "Tsuiji-no-uchi" area, noble lands didn't increased. In the meantime, through the 17th the number of nobility who lived in townsman land increased. So shogunate stepped out effort to know the address of them under the request of urban administration in Genroku period. But at the background of this measure, there was the aim to correct the moral of nobility, because of depravity of noble community.

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At the beginning of the 18th century, the town area of Kyoto was almost burned down by the big fire. On the reconstruction of the town area, the noble village was reorganized by the shogunate to provide against the fire. In particular, streets within the noble village were widened and vacant areas were created around the "Tsuiji-no-uchi" to check the spread of fire. To make these changes possible, the shogunate seized portions of noble residential lands then reallocated to the affected nobles lands that were located south of the imperial palace. One of the results of these changes was the significant southward expansion of the "Tsuiji-no-uchi".

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This article deals with the institution of the retired emperor from the mid-17th century on and its organizational characteristics. The author first focuses on the rotation of aristocrats attending the emperor at his retirement palace at Sakuramachi-Dono, examining the cases of Emperor Go-Mizuno and Reigen, tracing the division and integration of the duties involved and finally the formation of a system for communications, household administration and staffing. The most significant development in this process occurred in 1687 upon the retirement of Emperor Reigen, when the duties of the post of imperial secretary (giso 議奏), who up until that time had served both the enthroned and retired emperors, was divided into a giso serving the former and an indenso 院伝奏 for the latter. The author then examines Ret. Empress Meisho from the standpoint of staff salaries, concluding that the fact that the Empress was kin to the Tokugawa Shogunate led to her denso having special privileges, which were incorporated into the system organized under Reigen and thus applied to all denso from that time on. Next, the incorporation of organization aspects of Reigen's household into the emperor's palace operations is discussed in order to clarify the presence of assistants to the denso, called yoninshu 四人衆 in the Reigen household, posts that were not made a permanent part of the retired emperor's operations thereafter and whose duties remained undefined. The author concludes that although the retired emperor's household administration system did incorporate some of the aspects of the Gomizuno and Meisho retirements, the Reigen household was organized independently of the reigning emperor. While the retired emperor exerted a great deal of influence in late premodern Japanease court, with the revival of enthronement of a successor before the previous emperors death, the way in which the retired emperor's household was managed did not resemble the "Insei" 院政 institutions set up during the late eleventh century.

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