Muneharu TOKUGAWA of the Owari Tokugawa family, the highest-ranked gosanke, tried to develop the economy by using differenct policy from Yoshimune by proactively promoting economic activities, but his extravagant lifestyle, which conflicted with the reforms by Yoshimune, caused ill feelings in the bakufu, and senior retainers of the Owari family including Masatake TAKENOKOSHI also became anxious about the policy of Muneharu, who was then ordered to retire and confine himself at home, with doors and windows locked.
御三家筆頭尾張徳川家の徳川宗春は吉宗と異なった経済政策をとり、積極政策による経済の発展を図ったが、吉宗の改革と異なる華美振る舞いが幕府の忌諱に触れ、また竹腰正武らの尾張家重臣層も宗春の政策を危ぶんだため、宗春は隠居謹慎の上、閉門を命じられた。