From the Kamakura period onwards, the Chinju-fu Shogun role became defunct except for a certain period of time, however, the significance of the role survived for posterity.
さて、鎮守府将軍の職は鎌倉時代以降、一時期の例外を除いて事実上、廃絶された官職となったが、その官職の意義は後世まで生きた。