After the late Heian period when the Ritsuryo Code was in decline, properties and possessions were confiscated from the influential elites as punishments for not only rebellions, but also for other serious crimes.
律令法が衰微した平安時代後期以後には、謀反以外にも重犯罪を理由として権門などからの所領・財物の没収が盛んに行われるようになった。