Hatamoto were obliged to bear larger military burden for smaller earnings (the amount of rice crop), and in addition, aikyu practice (dividing control of an area among more than one person) was done to adjust the amounts of rice crop among the hatamoto: For example, control right of a village was divided among 13 hatamoto in a particular case, making the control extremely difficult.
旗本は石高が低い割には軍役負担が大きく、また石高調整のために相給が行われる事が多く、極端な場合では13名の旗本が1村を分割知行するなどその支配は困難を極めた。