With the Kansei Reforms, Sadanobu made aggressive efforts to turn the bakufu finances around, but his measures were so rigid that the upper echelon of the bakufu, including Ienari, became increasingly critical of him.
松平定信の寛政の改革は、積極的に幕府財政の建て直しを図ったのだが、厳格過ぎたため次第に家斉をはじめとする幕府上層部から批判が起こる。