Sometimes territories were divided based on mutual agreement (called "wayo chubun") and sometimes lines were drawn in manors and imperial territories to show boundaries (called "shitaji chubun").
中分には、両者の談合（和与）で決着する和与中分（わよちゅうぶん）や、荘園・公領に境界を引いて完全に分割する下地中分（したじちゅうぶん）があった。