The second generation Shirojiro Kiyotada, while he became a merchant with the Edo bakufu's (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) warrant, he was also appointed to the head of townspeople in Kyoto, and he became influential.
二代四郎次郎清忠は江戸幕府御用達商人となる一方、京都町人頭にも任命され権勢を誇る。