After the Jisho-Juei Civil War, samurai throughout Japan were made kuni gokenin (provincial samurai retainers) following service as obanyaku (guards in Kyoto), and many warriors from western Japan followed this path to becoming gokenin.
治承・寿永内乱終結後は、大番役への催促を通じて各地武士の国御家人化が進められ、西国武士の多くがこれにより国御家人へ編成された。