 One example is the 1607 suicide of seven pages upon the deaths of Matsudaira Tadayoshi and Yūki Hideyasu.This occurred even at the highest levels of power on occasion.Tokugawa Hidetada was followed into death by one of his Elder Counselors "(Rōjū)", and in 1651, when Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu died, thirteen of his closest advisors (including two Rōjū) committed suicide, dramatically shifting the balance of the council, as a result of the political views of those who remained.