However, in the Sengoku period (the period of Warring States), shoen, which were still Imperial property, were confiscated by local warlords and kokujin ryoshu (local samurai), which left the Imperial family without income, rendering them so impoverished that they couldn't hold a funeral for Emperor Gotsuchimikado for over a month after his death.
だが、戦国時代(日本)に入ると禁裏御料であった各地の荘園が地元の戦国大名や国人領主に侵奪され、収入の滞った皇室では後土御門天皇の葬儀が1ヶ月以上も開けずに遺体が放置されるなどの深刻な状況となった。