Kasuke Township - Kasukego

Japanese: 加助郷 - かすけごう

〘Noun〙 This refers to the auxiliary villages that were requisitioned in addition to the post station Josukego from the mid-Edo period onwards. Villages about three or four ri away, slightly further away than Josukego, were designated, and only when the post station or Josukego's men and horses were insufficient, the post station applied to the road magistrate and received a letter of authorization to allocate men and horses, but later, special arrangements were made with the post station and Josukego to provide a certain number of men and horses on a permanent basis. [Oiwake Shukusho (1820) Vol. 1]

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Japanese:

〘名〙江戸中期以降、宿駅の定助郷に追加して徴発された助郷をいう。定助郷よりも若干遠距離の三、四里程度の村々が指定されたもので、宿駅や定助郷の人馬だけでは不足するときに限って、そのつど宿駅が道中奉行に願い出て御証文の下付をうけ、人馬を割り当てたが、後には、宿駅、定助郷と特別の取決めをして、一定の人馬を恒常的に出すように固定化した。〔追分宿書（1820）上〕

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