In 1658, Toshitsune died, and Tsunanori was finally able to take full control of the domain. One of his first steps was to initiate a land reform program grouping villages into groups of ten in order to facilitate tax collection and opening of new rice lands. He also established a more systematic approach to famine relief and to medical care within the domain. He revised the domain laws which had been very severe since the time of Maeda Toshiie's suppression of the Ikkō-ikki. Tsunanori also settled a long-simmering border dispute with Fukui Domain over who owned the holy mountain of Hakusan on the border of the two provinces.