After Mitsukane ASHIKAGA died in 1409, it was placed under direct control of the bakufu and a vassal of the bakufu kanrei (shogunal deputy) was dispatched as a daikan (local governor).
応永16年（1409年）の足利満兼の死後には幕府直轄地となり、幕府管領の被官が代官として派遣された。