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In [[1785]], he established clearinghouses in [[Hakodate]], [[Edo]], [[Osaka]], and [[Shimonoseki]] which oversaw the collection and transportation of [[marine products]] to [[Nagasaki]] for export; as with similar steps taken in other industries where the shogunate established or reorganized ''[[za]]'' trade associations, this did not push private merchants out of the business, but rather made them into something akin to government contractors, placing the operations of that business under more direct government oversight, in the hopes of stemming fluctuations, smuggling, and other problems.

In [[1785]], he established clearinghouses in [[Hakodate]], [[Edo]], [[Osaka]], and [[Shimonoseki]] which oversaw the collection and transportation of [[marine products]] to [[Nagasaki]] for export; as with similar steps taken in other industries where the shogunate established or reorganized ''[[za]]'' trade associations, this did not push private merchants out of the business, but rather made them into something akin to government contractors, placing the operations of that business under more direct government oversight, in the hopes of stemming fluctuations, smuggling, and other problems.

The [[1783]] eruption of [[Mt. Asama]], combined with the nearly ten-year-long [[Great Tenmei Famine]], were widely seen as symbols that the country was in need of serious change and a return to virtuous leadership. Tanuma was ousted from power in 1786, and replaced as Tairô by Matsudaira Sadanobu.

The [[1783]] eruption of [[Mt. Asama]], combined with the nearly ten-year-long [[Great Tenmei Famine]], were widely seen as symbols that the country was in need of serious change and a return to virtuous leadership. Tanuma was ousted from power in 1786, and replaced as Tairô by Matsudaira Sadanobu the following year.

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