However, as the Shogun Tsunayoshi was born in the year of the Dog, one of the twelve animals of the Oriental zodiac, dogs were treated with special care (he himself was especially fond of dogs and it is said that he owned 100 of them).
ただ、綱吉が丙戌年生まれの為、特に犬が保護された（綱吉自身犬好きで、100匹の狆犬を飼っていたという）。