In the beginning, only shogun had the right to license a title of yakata-go to various daimyo, but later Mitsukane ASHIKAGA, Kamakura kubo (Governor-general of the Kanto region,) began licensing it to the daimyo in Kanto region and arranged a system of Kanto-hachi-yakata (Eight Yakata in the Kanto) which eventually paved a road to the establishment of a licensing system executed by both shogun and Kamakura kubo.
当初は将軍のみが諸大名に対する免許権を有していたが、後に鎌倉公方　足利満兼が関東の諸大名に免許して関東八屋形の制を整えることで、将軍・鎌倉公方による免許制が整った。