Although Shoen-ryoshu of the medieval period in Japan indicates the so-called 'kenmon-seike' (the great and powerful families) and is often inferential to nobles, temples and shrines, Kamakura-dono (the lord of Kamkura), as the head of samurai warrior families, was also a Shoen-ryoshu who owned vast manors.
日本中世の荘園における荘園領主とは、いわゆる「権門勢家」のことを指し、貴族や寺社が想定される場合が多いが、武門の棟梁であった鎌倉殿も関東御領などの広大な荘園を有した荘園領主であった。