As such, those samurai who obeyed the order to kill members of the Taira clan were recognized as gokenin (shogun retainers) and many were given recognition and guarantees of ownership of their principal residences in an act known as `Hontaku Ando` (confirmation of a family's possession of its residence and the immediately adjacent land).
そのため、平氏追討に従う武士を御家人として認定し本宅を安堵する「本宅安堵」が多く行われた。