The tax-exempt shoen estates were approved for each tato (yoriudo) or each myoden and did not have territorial contiguity and was managed in a relatively small-scaled way.
免田寄人型荘園は、田堵（寄人）ごと、又は名田ごとに認可されたため、領域的な広がりをもたず、比較的小規模に経営された。