During the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) (Japan), the sengoku (warring) daimyo ruling the various parts of Japan intensified their complete proprietary control over their own domains, and as a result the barrier stations that had been erected by all the various influential players lost their significance, and gradually fell into decline.
戦国時代(日本)には、各地の戦国大名が領国の一円知行を強めた結果、多様な主体が銘々に設置する関所は否定され、次第に減少していった。