In the period of Northern and Southern Courts, the Northern Court (Japan) (Muromachi bakufu [Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun]) placed Hyoro-ryosho (See Hanzeirei) and the Southern Court (Japan) inflicted choyobun (taxation), and in these ways they both secured army provisions.
南北朝時代(日本)に入ると、北朝(日本)（室町幕府）は兵粮料所（半済令参照のこと）を、南朝(日本)は朝用分を設定して兵糧確保にあたった。