In addition, the bakufu had overwhelming power outclassing other daimyo, for example, by controlling the basis of monetary economy through the possession of important mines, such as the gold mine on Sado island, and through the monopoly of the minting right.
さらには佐渡金山など重要鉱山と貨幣を作る権利も独占して貨幣経済の根幹もおさえるなど、他の大名の追随を許さない圧倒的な権力基盤を持っていた。