As for famous shoki shoen, there are Chimori no sho estate in Echizen Province (the estate of Todai-ji Temple and Shoenezu (a pictorial map drawn in order to clarify the territories and solve disputes caused by the complications of such) still exist), Ikaruga no sho (the Ikaruga shoen estate) in Harima Province (the estate of Horyu-ji Temple) and so on.
著名な初期荘園には、越前国の道守荘（東大寺領、荘園絵図が現存する）や播磨国の鵤荘（法隆寺領）などがある。