Consequently, samurai forces that repeatedly self-propagated through succession and property division to soryo (heir) and shoshi (child born out of wedlock), lost the opportunity to obtain territory and shifted to single succession, where territory was inherited by the soryo only.
ここに至り、惣領・庶子への分割相続により自己増殖を繰り返してきた武士団は分割すべき所領を得る機会を失い、惣領のみに所領を継承させる単独相続へと移行していった。