The Ryukyu Kingdom and the Ezo area (the Hokkaido areas except for the Oshima peninsula occupied by wajin - Japanese: persons whose origin was the main Japanese lands, - Sakhalin and Kurile Islands) were controlled through the Daimyo concerned.
日本の境界領域である琉球王国と蝦夷地（和人地である渡島半島を除く北海道、樺太及び千島列島）の支配は大名を通じて行なわれた。