The geisha quarter was so prosperous that Kyoto Shoshidai (the governor of Kyoto appointed by the Tokugawa shogunate) felt that public morals were threatened and the governor issued a crack down on the quarter many times; however, in the end Kyoto Shoshidai permitted their operation under the control of Kamishichiken (one of the geisha quarters in Kyoto).
その繁栄ぶりに京都所司代は危機を感じ、何度も取り締まりましたが結局、上七軒の管下として営業を許した。