[遠江国見附宿 本陣助郷文書 3] / Tōtōmi Province Mitsuke-shuku Honjin Sukegō Document No. 3

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. 3 is a notification with an official document title: “1712, according to the stipulations made by the dōchū-bugyō; signature of KUBOSHIMA Sakuemon daikan; 1832, received by FUKUDA Jūemon.” The notification issued on March 1712 to the Mitsuke-shuku by the dōchū-bugyō—an official who managed travel-related affairs—listing the prohibitions for lodgers, and the use of sedan chair in the accommodation.