Consequently, those sent out by the bakufu into the provinces as governors and so forth were warriors from one of the Minamoto clan's home provinces or otherwise engaged in a master-servant relationship with Yoritomo (as gokenin, his vassals); the bakufu never achieved control over all the country's warriors, ruling instead through its close allies and retainers.
したがって基本的に鎌倉幕府が支配下に置いたのは鎌倉殿の知行国および主従関係を結んだ武士（御家人）であり、全国の武士を支配下に治めたわけではない。