The collection

A13 is comprised of subfiles (1 to 25). In A13.1 there is a card that was under a string that held together the whole file.The A13.2–5, 7–9 subfiles have jō 状 wrapped in multiple newspapers. The bills, etc. in A13.10 and the diary and fragments in A13.11 were also wrapped in newspaper. The content of the remaining subfiles is as follows.

A13.6 Marega article; A13.12–13 Tenpō Bukan 武鑑 (shogunate personnel directory) vol. 1 & 3; A13.14 menu notes (1792 / Kansei 4 and later); A13.15 Bukan vol. 2; A13.16–18 Yoshioka Sannai 吉岡三内 Onoku 御奥 memos, 5 year accounting book for Onoku expenses, Junken gubu ninzu kakitsuke巡見供奉人数書付; A13.19–22 woodblock print books; A13.23–24 records of events, Japanese archery, etc. (copy); A13.25 Public and private notes (kōshi no tomegaki 公私之留書 1824 / Bunsei 7).

In this way, A13 is comprised of a diverse set of materials. Judging from the presence of notes by Marega　and the use of newspapers to wrap the subfiles, it is highly likely that Marega created the subfiles.

Subfiles A13.2–5, 7–9 are multiple jō wrapped in newspapers and the like. A13.2 is documents related to the Office of Religious Affairs (A13.2.1.5) and Togami 戸上 family documents related to land sales from 1692 (Genroku 5) to 1880 (Meiji 13). Togami family members served as Oheya 御部屋 foot soldiers (ashigaru 足軽), shogunate gun corps (omochi zutsu gumi 御持筒組), and Ōgumi 大組 rank samurai. During the Tenpō period (1830–1843), Togami Kiheita 幾平太 served as the assistant to the Office of Religious Affairs. The relationship between the Togami family documents and the Office of Religious Affairs is not clear. However, considering that the presence of later documents (1880 / Meiji 13, etc.), it is highly likely that these Togami family documents were mixed in at a later point and did not come from the Office of Religious Affairs. Office of Religious Affairs documents include notifications of people entering and exiting the Usuki Domain, and show us how people moved through the Seto Inland Sea.

A13.3 is comprised of archival documents from 1723 (Kyōhō 8). They include requests to enter the Buddhist order as well as documents for grasping the movement of people. We also find two documents (entitled okakimono no koto 御書物之事) that are corpse inspection certificates for relatives of former Christians. A13.4 is a group of only okakimono no koto from 1701 (Genroku 14). A13.5 and A13.7–8 are groupings primarily of okakimono no koto. However, they are from multiple time periods. A13.9 is okakimono no koto from 1709 (Hōei 6) and 1710 (Hōei 7). Okakimono no koto from 1688 (Jyōkyō 5) are in A13.5.4, and those from 1813 (Bunka 10) in A13.5.5.319 of the archival documents in A13 are okakimono no koto.

The bukan in A13.12–13, 15 are missing their covers, and therefore it is not completely clear whether they were originally part of one set. However, since volumes 1, 2 and 3 (jō 上, chū 中, ge 下) are included, I treated them as such. The kōshi no tomegaki in A13.25 was in an envelope marked “Nikki Okahan” (in the roman alphabet). It is apparently a record from the Usuki Domain; one finds the phrase “Gion-no-su yoriai-jo” 祇園洲寄合所 (Gion-no-su Merchant House).

In this subfile there are also other groups of documents that originally came from a different place. It is highly likely that the documents in A13.11 were purchased at Hareruya Shoten ハレルヤ書店 (Hallelujah Bookstore). A13.11.0.2 has a price tag from this bookstore (¥8). The aforementioned A13.2 is also a group of documents not from the Office of Religious Affairs. There is the possibility that these were not purchased from a seller of used books; they might have been mixed in with documents from the Office of Religious Affairs at a later date.