For example, it was gradually revealed that the local lords could be divided into two types - those who transformed into Kokujin ryoshu who dominated a wide region by controlling local distribution systems and local kinship connections, and those so-called Sonraku ryoshu, such as local ruling families and village headmen, who were the equivalent of local lords within rural communities.
例えば、在地の流通機構への支配拡大や地縁的・血縁的結合を利用することで広範な地域支配者としての国人領主へと転換していく者と反対に在地領主が村落内部において再生産されていく村落領主と称すべき土豪・名主層に分けられることが明らかとなってきた。