Tsukaiban

Tsukaiban were battlefield messengers and couriers. During the Edo Period they were inspectors, often acting as assistants to Metsuke. Often, Metsuke would be chosen from the ranks of Tsukaiban.

References

• Beerens, Anna. Interview with a Bakumatsu Official: A Translation from Kyuji Shimonroku Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 55, No. 3. (Autumn, 2000), pp. 369-398.