The above-mentioned worsening of the chronic budget deficit that had been built up since the rule of Ietsuna, the previous shogun, was due to the excessive spending by Tsunayoshi and his mother Keishoin, as well as the enforcement of the Shorui Awareminorei.
綱吉並びにその母である桂昌院の散財、生類憐みの令の採用等と相俟って先代家綱の頃からの慢性的な財政赤字は、先述のように悪化していった。