In the Kamakura period, the vassalage ties between the samurai stewards ("jitō") and the Kamakura regime (1185–1333) were intermediary, because they placed the samurai steward ("Jitō") in a position where he was answerable at the same time to both Kamakura and Kyoto. As a samurai he was placed in a direct vassalage relationship to the shōgun as a member of his house in a fictive kinship tie. As a steward, the samurai became a shogunal houseman ("gokenin") and trusted vassal, and given the management of an estate that legally belonged to a noble in Kyoto. This is where the intermediary nature of Kamakura vassalage ties lies. As a vassal of the warrior regime in Kamakura he was answerable to the shōgun in the form of military service and dues, but as a manager of an estate owned by a noble, he had to pay rent to the latter.