天保二年長崎へ問合上田久より直ニ届状 安東弥左衛門江問合 / Inquiry letters about a planned Ryukyuan procession, sent from Ueda Kyū to Andō Yazaemon in Nagasaki, etc.

This contains three handwritten documents joined with multiple papers. The first one, sent from Andō Yazaemon to Ueda Kyūzaemon in February, 1831, informs that the Edo procession lanned in 1831 was postponed to the next year, and also inquires about a rumor that the Satsuma had started to arm themselves due to the frequent appearance of Russian ships in the seas around Ryukyu. However, one problem with the document is that the title and the contents contradict each other since the title written on the cover says that it was sent from Ueda to Andō. The second one inquires about specifically what measures should be taken when the foreign ships arrive in Ryukyu. This inquiry letter was sent from xx (illegible) tsugi Sakuzō to Minamata Sanosuke in 1948. The third one is probably about the incident that occurred in 1852, in which the British ship "Robert Bowne" drifted to Yaeyama Island. This letter is two letters worth in length and written on a sheet with additional paper attached. The addressee of this letter is unknown, but the sender is Matsudaira Satsuma no Kami. (Updated on August 20, 2015)