However, in the period of Takatsune KUKI, the second lord, the domain administration had already started to decline after various natural disasters, such as heavy flooding and rain storms which killed 3,729 people.
しかし第2代藩主・九鬼隆常の代から大洪水や暴風雨による天災が起こって3,729人もの死者を出すなど、早くも藩政の衰退が始まる。