To counter the trend, the Kyoto city magistrates managed to keep the class system and the Kyoto citizens had antipathy toward Machidai, who had become the ruler's proxy--Machidai caught between these two sides.
こうした風潮に対して身分制度を維持しようとする町奉行側、支配側の代理人と化した町代への反感と嫉妬を抱く市民側の双方から、町代が圧迫を受けるようになる。