Although the Edo bakufu relied on rice for its source of funds, the fall in the price of rice in relation to the prices of other commodities went unresolved from the reign of the fourth shogun through to that of the seventh; the issue was finally resolved by the Kyoho reforms introduced by Yoshimune TOKUGAWA.
江戸幕府の財源は米に依拠しているにもかかわらず、米価がその他の物価に対し相対的に下落していく傾向を放置した状態であり、4～7代将軍の頃には解決できず、徳川吉宗の享保の改革を待つこととなる。