An old custom, Fudai genin (in other words, Keho) ended in the Meiji period since the release of social status and the prohibition of naming were issued in an ordinance in 1872.
明治に入ると、旧来の慣習である譜代下人（家抱）は、身分の解禁および呼称の禁止が1872年の法令で発せられ、終焉を迎えた。