Sadanobu MATSUDAIRA stuck to a policy of simplicity and frugality to the extent that he restricted even the patterns on the kimono of the common people, and, for better or for worse, some looked back on the worldly politics of Okitsugu TANUMA with nostalgia.
松平定信は庶民の着物の柄まで制限するほどの質素倹約な方針だったので、良くも悪くも世俗的な田沼意次の政治を懐かしむ声も見られた。