However, the districts to which the original Yoritomo administration's actual rule extended are thought to have been limited to mostly the eastern half of Japan; from the area around Kyoto westward, there was strong resistance from Emperor Gotoba and temples; at Emperor Gotoba (who instituted cloister government after abdicating) ordered the post of Shugo abolished, and Koreyoshi OUCHI (son of Tomomasa HIRAGA) of the emperor's darling Shinano Genji was appointed Shugo of 7 provinces around the Kyoto area; and other policies of interference were carried out.
だが、当初の頼朝政権の実質支配権が及んだ地域は日本のほぼ東側半分に限定されていたと考えられており、畿内以西の地域では後鳥羽天皇を中心とした朝廷や寺社の抵抗が根強く、後鳥羽天皇（退位後は院政を行う）の命令によって守護職の廃止が命じられたり、天皇のお気に入りであった信濃源氏の大内惟義（平賀朝雅の実兄）が畿内周辺7ヶ国の守護に補任されるなどの干渉政策が行われ続けた。