For example, during the Heian period Daijokanpu and Minbushofu (official documents issued by Minbusho [Ministry of Popular Affairs]) was needed to get approval to establish a new Shoen (manor) and these manors were called Kanshofu no sho (government-approved manors).
例えば、平安時代において荘園新立の承認を受けるには太政官符及び民部省符が必要とされており、こうした荘園を官省符荘と呼んだ。