In the Edo period, Murakiri (defining boundaries of a village) was conducted under the shogunate system, and the Honbyakusho (a freeholding farmer) system was established; Miyaza (zakata) and the village administration (murakata) were operated separately.
江戸時代に入ると、幕藩制の元で村切が行われて本百姓体制が確立され、宮座（座方）と村政（村方）は切り離されるようになった。