These pieces of land under their direct management were called by different names, such as "tsukuda" (private land), "mitsukuri" (privately cultivated land), "shosaku" (privately owned land) or "kadota" (family land), and were cultivated by their servants called "genin" or "shoju" or by village farmers.
この直営地は、佃（つくだ）、御作（みつくり）、正作（しょうさく）、門田（かどた）などと呼ばれ、地頭の従属民である下人（げにん）や所従（しょじゅう）、又は荘民に耕作をさせていた。