Those zuryo and zaichokanjin (local officials) consolidated their positions as shokan (an officer governing shoen manor) by voluntarily donating shoen manors which they had created to influential magnates. |
受領や在庁官人は自らが築いた荘園をこうした有力者に積極的に寄進して自らは荘官としての地位を確実なものとした。 |