In the early tenth century, FUJIWARA no Tokihira who was oriented to return to laws and the ordinance system took a post as the leader of the Grand Council of State, and Chokushiden gradually disappeared after being prohibited from being newly established in accordance with a Decree Restricting the Expansion of Private Estates in the Engi era promulgated in 902.
10世紀初頭に律令制回帰を志向する藤原時平が太政官首班に就き、902年に発布された延喜の荘園整理令により、勅旨田の新設は禁止されることとなり、以後、勅旨田は次第に見られなくなった。