Additionally, a hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu, which is a form of Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) who lived in Koishikawa of Edo, always poor, worshipped the Binbo-gami, offering sake and rice, thinking although he was poor all this time, it was the divine protection by the Binbo-gami that prevented especially bad things from happening, and asked for some relief from poverty and a share of good fortune.
また、かつて江戸の小石川で、年中貧乏暮しをしていた旗本が年越しの日、これまでずっと貧乏だったが特に悪いことも無かったのは貧乏神の加護によるものだとし、酒や米などを供えて貧乏神を祀り、多少は貧窮を免れて福を分けてもらうよう言った。