It was a dominant local force from ancient to medieval times, and neither the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) nor the Muromachi bakufu were able to place a provincial constable in Yamato Province.
古代から中世にかけて強大な勢力を誇り、鎌倉・室町両幕府は大和国に守護を置くことができなかった。