In the early days of the Kamakura period, samurai had not yet begun to challenge the ownership of kokugaryo (public) lands and shoen (private estates) by the Imperial household, the aristocracy (the Court nobles), and the temples and shrines.
鎌倉時代初期には、国衙領や、荘園のうち皇室・公家や寺社の領地には、武家の支配がおよんでいなかった。