Jitos (land stewards) were chosen from among immediate vassals of the shogunate who lived in local territories in order to manage land and peasants directly by supervising the military affairs, police forces, tax collection and administration of manors and imperial territories.
在地御家人の中から選ばれ、荘園・公領の軍事・警察・徴税・行政をみて、直接、土地や百姓などを管理した。