These unsubsidized `Mudaka` goshi made their livings by pursuing those professions permitted by the clan (carpentry, cottage industries) and, amongst the goshi there were individuals who maintained their senior goshi status whilst working as tenant farmers.
これらの郷士は、藩に許可されていた大工や内職で生計を立て、中には武士身分のままで上級郷士の小作人になる者もいた。