The pillars of the former military system were corps (ancient Japan), whose premise was people-based governance, and the kondei system (regular soldiers guarding kokubu (ancient provincial offices) or sekisho (checking station)), which was dependent on locally influential people (gunji).
従前の軍事制度は、個別人身支配を前提とする軍団(古代日本)及び地方有力者（郡司層）に依存する健児を柱としていた。、