However, Kumano betto and supporting staffs were the ones who ran the governing affairs such as the expected temple affairs as well as the territory management, the security keeping, and the management of the Shinto priests, the priests, and yamabushi (mountain priests).
しかしながら、宗務は無論のこと、所領経営、治安維持、さらに神官・僧侶・山伏の管理といった統治実務にあたったのは熊野別当とそれを補佐する諸職であった。