They implemented measures to protect temples and shrines, for example, approving or donating the domain of a temple, securing the rights and interests of temple, prohibiting intervention by Syugo (provincial constable), inviting chief priests, conferring priest's names or posthumous Buddhist names from the central organization.
寺社政策では寺領の安堵や寄進、守護不入など諸権益の保証、中央からの住職招請、法号授与の斡旋など保護政策を行った。