In those days, the Saga Domain was under severe financial circumstances, and Gonnojo ARITA, who was a secretary of Naomasa NABESHIMA (the lord of the Saga Domain), attempted to impose a poll tax in the territory with no exceptions.
当時、佐賀藩の財政状況は極めて厳しく佐賀藩主鍋島斉直の側役有田権之丞が領内に例外なく人頭税を課そうとした。