In the Kamakura bakufu, the Shikken (shogun regent) and Rensho (associate of the Shikken) were called tandai, and the title was given to the position set in Kyoto and Saigoku (the western part of Japan, especially in Kyushu but ranging as far east as Kinki) which had the wide range of rights for jurisdiction and military control.
鎌倉幕府では執権、連署が探題と呼ばれ、京都や西国に置かれた広範囲な裁判権、軍事指揮権を持つ職に探題の名が与えられた。