To distinguish the provincial constables in the Kamakura period from those in the Muromachi period, provincial constables in the Muromachi period are called "Shugo daimyo," the provincial constable feudal lord, and the system in which Shugo daimyo governed their own territories is called Shugo-ryogoku system.
そこで、鎌倉期の守護と区別するために、室町期の守護を守護大名とし、守護大名による領国支配体制を守護領国制と呼ぶ。