Focusing internally on manor governance, while honjo strengthened their control on the manor to prevent invasions by samurai, shokan who were in charge of the practical business of manor governance, were working to establish their own management authority.
荘園支配の内部に目を向けると、武士による侵略を防ぐために本所は荘園支配の強化に乗り出していたが、在地で荘園支配の実務にあたる荘官は自らの経営権を確立しようとしていた。