It is also noted that the family was fiercely resisted by local residents including Shozo TANAKA, because the family oppressed them in Shimotsuke Province where they had their "syoryo" (territory) during the end of the Edo period.
幕末期に所領のあった下野国で圧制を強いて田中正造ら地元住民に激しく抵抗された事でも知られている。