who continued to appeal to the shogunate for a reduction or exemption of annual taxation at the cost of his own life in order to save the people of the domain from heavy taxes, and Ido Masaaki, who also saved the people from famine by introducing ganzo to the territories under his control.

In the latter half of the Edo period, the feudal domains or vassals of the Tokugawa Shogunate followed the shogunal example and appointed their own daikan, district magistrates,