In Shinano, kokujin ryoshu made their own territory their base such as the Ogasawara clan in Fukashi (current Matsumoto region), the Murakami and Takanashi clans in the northern Shinano, the Kiso clan in Kiso, the Suwa clan in Suwa and the Unno clan in the eastern Shinano.
信濃は深志（現在の松本地方）に小笠原氏、北信を村上氏・高梨氏、木曾を木曾氏、諏訪を諏訪氏、東信に海野氏など国人領主が割拠していた。