However, warriors also known as gokenin, who pledged their allegiance to the bakufu, were granted with the honor of appointment or recognition as Jitoshiki (manager and lord of a manor) and took local control of the collection of nengu (annual tribute) from manors and public lands, property management, and maintaining public order.
しかしながら、幕府に忠誠を誓った武士すなわち御家人は、この地頭職の補任ないし安堵というかたちで論功行賞その他がおこなわれ、荘園・公領における年貢の徴収や土地の管理、治安の維持にあたって現地支配の実権をにぎった。