In the tenth to the eleventh century, people called 'tanbugei no hai'/'buyu no hito' (a person excelled in military art) became the origin of samurai families and a person who led such families was called 'Bumon no toryo.'
10世紀から11世紀にかけて、各地に「堪武芸之輩」・「武勇之人」と呼ばれる人々が現れて武門の源流となり、それを統率する人物を「武門之棟梁」と称した。