Furthermore, many of the influential families that became the honjo had belonged to kuge (court noble), which presided over the management of government officials including the kokuga, or to temples and shrines which were avidly protected by the kuge.
更に本所になった権門の多くが国衙を含めた官司の運営の主体であった公家とその手厚い保護を受けていた寺社であった。