It was customary until the early Muromachi period for Kizoku to reside in the capital (Kyoto) and wait for an income that was to be brought to Kyoto from the shoen and Koryo concerned.
貴族は中央（京）に在住し、地方の荘園・公領からの収入が京進されるのを待つのが室町初期までの通例だった。