When this happened, in contrast to other common territories where the honjo was a Kuge acting as the lord of a manor, the Kuge was obliged to follow the provisions of the law in the same manner as a samurai family playing the role of Jito.
その場合であっても、公家を地頭とする一般の本所領とは区別して武家の地頭と同様にこの法令の規定に従う義務を有する。