Throughout the Kamakura period, not only the military government (Kamakura bakufu) which mainly took charge of military and police authorities and the dominion of Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly the Kanto region), but also the kuge government (chotei) which dealt with governmental affairs and ruling of Seigoku (the western part of Japan) co-existed, and the both attended the government in cooporation.
鎌倉時代を通じ、主に軍事警察権と東国支配を担当する武家政権（鎌倉幕府）に相対して、政務一般と西国支配を所掌する公家政権（朝廷）が存在しており、両政権がおおむね協調連携しながら政務にあたっていた。