During the Anei era, there were Kengyo who accumulated a large fortune, such as Kengyo Nagoya, who accumulated more than 100 thousand ryo, and Kengyo Toriyama, who accumulated 15 thousand ryo and astonished society by going on a spree at Yoshiwara (the red-light district in Edo).
安永年間には名古屋検校が十万数千両、鳥山検校が一万五千両等、多額の蓄財をなした検校も相当おり、吉原での豪遊等で世間を脅かせた。