In the Kamakura era, some shokan were admitted as Gokenin (an immediate vassal of the shogunate in the Kamakura era） or Jito (manager and lord of the manor) by Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
鎌倉時代になると、鎌倉幕府によって御家人や地頭として認められる荘官も出てきた。