During the period of the Northern and Southern Courts, the family of Mino no Kuni Shugo (provincial constable of Mino Province), the Toki clan, became jito (manager and lord of a manor), and began expanding its control over the area which, by the time of the Onin War, had lost its function as a shoen.
南北朝時代(日本)に美濃守護家土岐氏が地頭となって勢力を拡大、応仁の乱までに荘園としての機能を喪失した。