Rokkakushi Shikimoku restricted an arbitrary deprivation of people under a domain by a feudal lord; at the same time, it also prohibited actions such as organized looting by village people against their feudal lord.
領民に対しては、領主層の恣意的収奪を規制する体裁をとる一方、打ち壊しなど惣村の反領主行動を禁止するものとなっている。