These measures were accepted favorably by fudai daimyo (a daimyo in hereditary vassal to the Tokugawa family) and bakufu hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu) who were afraid that the retainers close to the shogun might hold political power.
こうした措置が、側近政治に怯える譜代大名や旗本から、好感を持って迎えられた。