Many kunimochi-daimyo (daimyo with a big territory) were in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions, such as the Okayama clan (Bizen Province, present southeastern part of Okayama Prefecture), the Hiroshima clan (Aki Province, present western part of Hiroshima Prefecture), the Choshu clan (Nagato and Suo Provinces, present western and eastern parts of Yamaguchi Prefecture), the Tottori clan (Inaba and Hoki Provinces, present the western and eastern parts of Tottori Prefecture), the Matsue clan (Izumo Province, present eastern part of Shimane Prefecture), the Tokushima clan (Awa and Awaji Provinces, present Tokushima Prefecture and Awaji-shima Island, Hyogo Prefecture), and the Kochi clan (Tosa Province, present Kochi Prefecture), and only Bitchu Province (present western part of Okayama Prefecture) was in the hi-ryogokuchiiki state where Hatamoto territories were scattered.
中国地方及び四国地方は岡山藩（備前国、現・岡山県南東部）・広島藩（安芸国、現・広島県西部）・長州藩（長門国・周防国、現・山口県のそれぞれ西部・東部）・鳥取藩（因幡国・伯耆国、現・鳥取県のそれぞれ東部及び西部）・松江藩（出雲国、現・島根県東部）、徳島藩（阿波国・淡路国、現・徳島県及び兵庫県淡路島）、高知藩（土佐国、現・高知県）といった国持ち大名が多かった地方であり、非領国地域の支配形態をとり、かつ旗本領が散在するのは備中国（現・岡山県西部）のみである。