The domain's financial position was worsened, however, when the administration of the domain suffered a series of setbacks, including the destruction of its hantei (residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo) in a fire and damage caused by a rash of natural disasters such as storms, floods, and fires.
しかし藩政においては江戸の藩邸が焼失し、さらに風水害や火事などの天災によって藩は多難を極め、藩財政は悪化した。