The shitaji (lands) were divided into halves and there was wayo chubun (territorial division agreed to by compromise) where the lands were divided into halves by the compromise between the both sides and in some cases the bakufu divided the lands following the claim of the lords of shoens.
これは、土地（下地）を折半（中分）するもので、両者の交渉（和与）で中分する和与中分と荘園領主の申し立てにより幕府が裁定する中分とがあった。