Yoritomo appointed the Shoni clan, the Otomo clan and the Shimazu clan, which were not known in Kato but are supported by Yoritomo as reliable vassals, to shugo for Kyushu as existence like daikan (deputy).
頼朝は、九州の抑えとして、関東では無名に近いが近臣として取り立てていた少弐氏、大友氏、島津氏を代官的存在として九州の守護とした。