The economic power of sanpogakunin in the early Edo period was about 2.5 million koku in total for 38 families and was poor, and it is said that, apart from Nanto-ho and Tennoji-ho who were protected by the power of temples and shrines, the musicians in Kyoto-ho who were subordinated to the court nobles were bad off.
江戸時代初期の三方楽人の経済力は38家合わせても250石程と貧弱であり、寺社勢力に保護された南都方や天王寺方はともかく、公家に隷属していた京都方では、生活に困窮していたようである。