徳川家斉
Abe was appointed to the post of "sōshaban" (master of ceremony) on September 1, 1838; on May 15, 1840, he received the post of "jisha-bugyō" (Magistrate of shrines and temples). One of his acts was to order the destruction of the Nichiren sect temple of Kannō-ji, whose priests had become involved in a scandal with ladies of the "Ōoku" under Shōgun Tokugawa Ienari.