Choyobun contrasts with the Hanzeirei (Hyoro-ryosho (grant areas for the support of troops in the field)) administered by the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) that held the North Court around the same time.
同じ時期に北朝(日本)を擁する室町幕府が行った半済令（兵粮料所）と対比される。