Shogunal retainers who were in a master-servant relationship called "favor and service" with the Kamakura bakufu received from the bakufu the favor which in fact was the territories given, or of which the ownership is guaranteed, by the bakufu and accompanying right of an officer governing manors (refer to the Shiki System).
鎌倉幕府と「御恩と奉公」と呼ばれる主従関係で結ばれた御家人が受けていた御恩の実態は、幕府から与えられあるいは権利を保障された所領及びこれに付随する所職（職の体系を参照のこと）であった。