The Ashikaga shogunate directly appointed the powerful kokujin who were opposed to the Kamakura government in Kanto and Oshu to Kyoto fuchishu (a corps of special support troops in Kyoto), to compete with the Kamakura kubo.
幕府は関東や奥州で鎌倉府時代と対立している有力国人を京都扶持衆として直臣化して鎌倉公方に対抗した。