Ko bo shin shi hai.—This seems to be an office for young unemployed Hattamoto officers, where records are kept of what each excels in, for the information of government.
Shin ban kashira.—School for teaching young officers about the court riding, rifle-shooting, etc.
Okosho is a general name for officers waiting on the person of the Shiogoon.
Naka oku go ban shiu.—Some of the private guards of the Shiogoon.
Hoko nando.—Men who look after the dresses and clothes of the Shiogoon; and others are in the flag office or the spear office.
Hiaku nin Kumi no kashira.—These are guards. They were originally Yamabooshi priests, called Negoro and Nengoro, or, as the translator of the letters writes it, Negroes, in the large monastery of Kumano, in the province of Kii; and after their buildings were burned down by Taikosama, and their lands confiscated, they joined the army in a body, and Iyeyas attached them to himself as guards.
There are departments for superintending the manufacture of bows and arrows, and muskets, rifles and cannon.
Another office has the charge of balls, shells, powder, etc.; and another has the charge of the armory, containing bows and arrows, rifles and coats of mail.
Hon maro russui ban.—The Hon maro is the name of that part of the castle or shiro of Yedo occupied by the Shiogoon. Six officers keep it when he leaves it temporarily.
Ni no maro russui ban.—Keepers of the part assigned to the son or concubines of the Shiogoon.