However, daimyo continued to rule domains (former territory of daimyo) as chihanji (hanchiji), and this system was the same as that of the Edo period though it was a step forward towards abolishing the eudal system.
しかし、各大名は知藩事（藩知事）として引き続き藩（旧大名領）の統治に当たり、これは幕藩体制の廃止の一歩となったものの現状は江戸時代と同様であった。