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The Baba family has left 33 volumes of records, covering the period from 1807 to [[1866]]. They include lists of prominent individuals who stayed at the ''honjin'', as well as for certain periods day-to-day records. These include several categories or groups of documents, two of which are: volumes grouped until the title ''go-kyûhaku sôken'' (御休泊早見), which are organized chronologically, day by day; and volumes collected under the title ''go-kyûhaku kiroku'' (御休泊記録), which are organized in ''iroha'' order (akin to alphabetically) by the names of the ''daimyô'', ''kuge'', or other figure featured in that entry. These ''go-kyûhaku kiroku'' record in which rooms or buildings each figure stayed, how many people they brought with them, the food they were served, how much they paid, what extra gifts they brought for the post-town officials, and what special gifts they were given in exchange by the post-town. Records regarding ''daimyô'' are particularly detailed, including as well accounts of actions by post-town officials & the ''daimyô’s'' representatives (e.g. the exchange of official documents); occasions when stays were extended or changed due to the weather; descriptions of where lanterns and banners were hung; and so forth.

The Baba family has left 33 volumes of records, covering the period from 1807 to [[1866]]. They include lists of prominent individuals who stayed at the ''honjin'', as well as for certain periods day-to-day records. These include several categories or groups of documents, two of which are: volumes grouped until the title ''go-kyûhaku sôken'' (御休泊早見), which are organized chronologically, day by day; and volumes collected under the title ''go-kyûhaku kiroku'' (御休泊記録), which are organized in ''iroha'' order (akin to alphabetically) by the names of the ''daimyô'', ''kuge'', or other figure featured in that entry. These ''go-kyûhaku kiroku'' record in which rooms or buildings each figure stayed, how many people they brought with them, the food they were served, how much they paid, what extra gifts they brought for the post-town officials, and what special gifts they were given in exchange by the post-town. Records regarding ''daimyô'' are particularly detailed, including as well accounts of actions by post-town officials & the ''daimyô’s'' representatives (e.g. the exchange of official documents); occasions when stays were extended or changed due to the weather; descriptions of where lanterns and banners were hung; and so forth.