[遠江国見附宿 本陣助郷文書 2] / Tōtōmi Province Mitsuke-shuku Honjin Sukegō Document No. 2

In this material, sukegō refers to a system of calling for mandatory volunteers from the surrounding villagers when the shukuba (post station) could not supply its regular service, horses, and labors for any important events, such as daimyō procession. There were 53 points of shukuba built along the Tōkaidō road in the Edo period. This material was discovered at the honjin which was the 28th point from the Edo and the 26th point of shukuba from Kyoto, now is in Iwata city, Shizuoka prefecture. It mentions the Ryukyuan mission in 1851 and alleges daimyō procession and the Ryukyuan missions were too great a burden to bear on the inhabitants when the processions moved through (University of the Ryukyus Library Newsletter Biblio No. 147, vol. 40, no.2, p.5). Tōtōminokuni mitsuke-shuku honjin sukegō, document No. 2. The first page is a payment certificate issued by the government agency shows: “all expenses paid for the Ryukyuan’s lodgment.” The details of this transaction were recorded on the second page regarding the lodging fees incurred when the Ryukyuan stayed at the Mitsuke-shuku (a remarkable shukuba with a guard box for safety inspections). The document on the second page is an oboe (also read as Oboegaki) -an administrative document or memorandum of mutual parties, issued in September 1808.