After Onin-Bunmei Wars came to an end, Shugo (provincial constables) and Kokujin (local lords) have extended their power in various places by wresting territories of temples and shrines and so on.
応仁・文明の乱が収束したのち、各地では守護や国人らが寺社領などを押領して勢力を拡大していた。