However, the relationship between public and private was ambiguous at that time, and although the upper authorities were Kogi from the viewpoint of the common people and lower authorities, the upper authorities viewed the common people and lower authorities as Watakushi (private) and as the landlord, connected by private dominance.
ただし、当時の公私関係は曖昧であり、一般民衆及び下位権力から見て上位権力は公儀であったが、上位権力から見て一般民衆及び下位権力は領主としての私的支配によって結び付けられた「わたくし」の存在であった。