In the reign of the next fourth Shogun Ietsuna TOKUGAWA, the politics was stable thanks to the competent "roju" (member of shogun's council of elders), such as Nobutsuna MATSUDAIRA and Tadakatsu SAKAI (the feudal lord of the Obama Domain, Wakasa Province).
続く4代徳川家綱の時代は、松平信綱・酒井忠勝(若狭国小浜藩主)ら有能な老中らに恵まれ、安定した幕府政治が行われた。