Thus, particularly after the death of Ienobu--succeeded as Shogun by Ietsugu TOKUGAWA, who was still a young child at the time--families of high pedigree and shogunal officials in the anti-Akifusa camp steadily increased their resistance to his policies, thereby preventing Akifusa from making any real progress with his political reforms.
特に家宣死後、幼少の徳川家継が将軍職を継ぐにあたり、門閥層や反甲府派の幕閣の抵抗がいよいよ強まり、政治改革が中々進まなかったのが実情である。