Especially in the Kamakura-kubo (shogunate) Ashikaga family, among the influential warriors of the Kanto region, 8 families received the Yakata title and were called Kanto Hachiyakata.
特に鎌倉公方足利家では関東の有力武士のうち、8家に屋形号を授け関東八館などといわれた。