Rōjū and wakadoshiyori The rōjū () were normally the most senior members of the shogunate. Normally, four or five men held the office, and one was on duty for a month at a time on a rotating basis. They supervised the ōmetsuke (who checked on the daimyos), machi-bugyō (commissioners of administrative and judicial functions in major cities, especially Edo), ' (遠国奉行, the commissioners of other major cities and shogunate domains) and other officials, oversaw relations with the Imperial Court in Kyoto, kuge (members of the nobility), daimyō, Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, and attended to matters like divisions of fiefs. Other bugyō (commissioners) in charge of finances, monasteries and shrines also reported to the rōjū. The roju conferred on especially important matters. In the administrative reforms of 1867 (Keiō Reforms), the office was eliminated in favor of a bureaucratic system with ministers for the interior, finance, foreign relations, army, and navy.
Rōjū and wakadoshiyori The rōjū () were normally the most senior members of the shogunate Normally four or five men held the office and one was on duty for a month at a time on a rotating basis They supervised the ōmetsuke (who checked on the daimyos) machi-bugyō (commissioners of administrative and judicial functions in major cities especially Edo) ' (遠国奉行 the commissioners of other major cities and shogunate domains) and other officials oversaw relations with the Imperial Court in Kyoto kuge (members of the nobility) daimyō Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines and attended to matters like divisions of fiefs Other bugyō (commissioners) in charge of finances monasteries and shrines also reported to the rōjū The roju conferred on especially important matters In the administrative reforms of 1867 (Keiō Reforms) the office was eliminated in favor of a bureaucratic system with ministers for the interior finance foreign relations army and navy