One-mochitsujiban - One-mochitsujiban

…In Aizu-Wakamatsu, the guards went around the group twice a night, at nine (midnight) and eight (2am), to warn the members of the group of the police, and if they found any wanderers, they would ask for their address and then send them to the next checkpoint. In Edo, the checkpoints were classified according to who set them up: official checkpoints (set up by the shogunate), one-person checkpoints (set up by a single feudal lord), and association checkpoints (set up jointly by neighboring estates of feudal lords, hatamoto, and other families), and the person who set them up was responsible for the management costs. The checkpoints set up by the towns were paid for by the towns themselves using the town's tax revenue. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Itte Mochi Tsujiban" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…会津若松では，毎夜九つ(0時)，八つ(2時)の2回，組中に〈御用心〉を触れ回り，流浪の者があれば，その住所を尋ねたうえで次の辻番所へ継送りするといった職務があった。江戸の辻番は設置者によって，公儀辻番(幕府が設置する)，一手持（いつてもち）辻番(1軒の大名が設ける)，組合辻番(大名･旗本など近隣の屋敷が共同で設ける)と区別し，その設置者が管理費を負担した。町方で設けた自身番は，その町が町入用（ちよういりよう）で支弁した。…

※「一手持辻番」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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