However, there was a movement in which Shugo tried to make provincial Jito or government officials their Hikan (vassals), and this kind of Hikanization of the local warriors by the Shugo would enter another stage of development in the Muromachi period that followed.
しかし、守護が国内の地頭や在庁官人を被官（家臣）にしようとする動き（被官化）は存在しており、こうした守護による在地武士の被官化は、次の室町時代に一層進展していくこととなる。