The group's central members were the gokenin (immediate vassals of the shogunate) from Kyoto and the eastern regions, and many powerful gokenin and other outstanding bushi (samurai) from the west Japan belonged to the group. |
関東や在京の御家人を中心に構成されており西日本の有力御家人、武勇に優れた武士が多く所属していた。 |