However, Tadakuni MIZUNO carried out Tenpo Reforms and he accused them falsely, saying 'these books revealed the real situation of O-oku (the inner halls of Edo-jo Castle where the wife of the Shogun and her servants reside) in the Shogun family,' so the publishing ended with the 38th book.
そして、水野忠邦の天保の改革で、「将軍家の大奥の内情を書いた」と言いがかりをつけられ、38編までで終わった。