[遠江国見附宿 本陣助郷文書 9] 御日割御印状 / A letter of plea-allotment and endorsement (Tōtōmi Province Mitsuke-Shuku Honjin Sukegō Documen No. 9)

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. 9., its completion year is obscure. It was assumed to be written by the myōshu kumigashira, and hyakushō of Toyota District from their joint signatures. The purpose of this petition was to beseech area supervisor not imposing an excessive burden on mitsuke-shuku workers one more time, because those workers have already mobilized for life-saving rescue in the aid of Ikeda Village during flooding of the Tenryū River (now is in western Shizuoka Prefecture).