There were a wide range of Yorioya/Yoriko relationships in those days, from a temporary relationship of asking/being asked to participate in the battle to 'kyunin (upper class retainers)-like Yoriko' to whom Yorioya gave shoryo and salary, and in addition, sometimes there were cases where daimyo gave the dominant samurai, their own Yoriko, the shoryo (yorikokyu) to be given to the dominant samurai's Yoriko in turn.
この時代の寄親・寄子関係は、単に戦いへの一時的な参加を頼む・頼まれるという当座の関係から、寄親が寄子に所領や扶持を与える「給人的寄子」まで幅広く、更に大名が自己の寄子である有力武士に彼ら自身の寄子に与えるための所領（寄子給）が与えられる場合もあった。