As to the porters of Yedo.
As to persons wishing to travel very quickly.
As to Owo ban kashira, captains of the guard of Yedo, when traveling.
As to porters who have become sick, or who may have run away.
When sometimes a passport has not been previously given on the road, the Daimio to give to the keeper of the government inn his seal and a paper to this effect.
Some officers travel free on the road, and their expenses become a tax upon the people living in villages along the road, and who are supposed to benefit by the travelers. Of such are Daimios coming to pay respects to a new Shiogoon upon his accession. In 1861 the Ooyay no mia, or High-priest of Yedo, traveled with 250 followers. He was about nineteen years of age. The walls of the inns at which he stopped were newly papered, and new clean mats put on the floors. For this the villages paid, he paying one boo—i.e., 1s. 6d.; and on leaving, his servants tore the paper off and cut the mats, that they might not be used again.
As to the Shoshidai, or envoy of the Shiogoon, when traveling.
As to the governors of the castles of Osaka, Soonpu, or Miako, or the guards of these castles. Governors of places held of the Shiogoon, but at great distances from Yedo, as Nagasaki and Hakodadi.
As to Koongays and such high officers when traveling.
As to Ray kayshi, or messengers sent annually to Nikko by the Emperor.