It was very different between the sekkan-ke families and the seiga-ke families (the second highest family status for court nobles) as to how they administered an estate (for instance, administration of the imperial estate was close to that of the sekkan-ke family.)
支配の形態は摂関家と清華家以下では大きく異なっている（皇室領の場合には、摂関家のそれに近い形態を取っていた）。