He attempted to do away with the ''[[kabunakama]]'' guilds, in order to combat monopolies, but this and many of his other reforms were resisted so strongly by the merchants of [[Osaka]] (and others) that he was forced to abandon his efforts. | He attempted to do away with the ''[[kabunakama]]'' guilds, in order to combat monopolies, but this and many of his other reforms were resisted so strongly by the merchants of [[Osaka]] (and others) that he was forced to abandon his efforts. |