The clan's financial condition was very bad because they had to bear the role of guarding Uraga and Ezochi (inhabited area of the Ainu) and the clan's followers also all agreed to oppose Katamori's taking the post.
藩財政は既に浦賀、蝦夷地の警備の任にあったことで窮乏状態にあり、また、家臣も就任反対で意見が一致していた。