Not having the status or power of employed samurai, "rōnin" were often disreputable and festive, and the group was a target of humiliation or satire. It was undesirable to be a "rōnin", as it meant being without a stipend or land. As an indication of the humiliation felt by samurai who became "rōnin", Lord Redesdale recorded that a "rōnin" killed himself at the graves of the forty-seven "rōnin". He left a note saying that he had tried to enter the service of the "daimyō" of Chōshū Domain but was refused. Wanting to serve no other master, and hating being a "rōnin", he killed himself. On the other hand, the famous 18th-century writer Kyokutei Bakin renounced his allegiance to Matsudaira Nobunari, in whose service Bakin's samurai father had spent his life. Bakin voluntarily became a "rōnin", and eventually spent his time writing books (many of them about samurai) and engaging in festivities.