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In [[1853]], the 9th Tanaka Shichizaemon, also known as Teibun 貞文, requested of the lord of Zeze han to be permitted to retire and to take on the name Sôbun 叟文. His successor, the 10th Shichizaemon, became quite weak with illness, however, so Sôbun returned to an active role overseeing the ''honjin'' for a short time before requesting retirement again. In [[1859]]/9, the lords of both Zeze and [[Sadowara han]] granted permission for this, and another successor took over the ''honjin'' as the 11th Shichizaemon.<ref>''Honjin shoku ha tsurai yo'' 本陣職はつらいよ, exhibit pamphlet, Kusatsu City Board of Education, 2020.</ref>
In [[1853]], the 9th Tanaka Shichizaemon, also known as Teibun 貞文, requested of the lord of Zeze han to be permitted to retire and to take on the name Sôbun 叟文. His successor, the 10th Shichizaemon, became quite weak with illness, however, so Sôbun returned to an active role overseeing the ''honjin'' for a short time before requesting retirement again. In [[1859]]/9, the lords of both Zeze and [[Sadowara han]] granted permission for this, and another successor took over the ''honjin'' as the 11th Shichizaemon.<ref>''Honjin shoku ha tsurai yo'' 本陣職はつらいよ, exhibit pamphlet, Kusatsu City Board of Education, 2020.</ref>
The Kusatsu-juku Honjin and the associated Kusatsu-juku kaidô kôryûkan today hold a sizable collection of surviving documents and artifacts, including a large number of ''daifukuchô'' records (recording visitors to the ''honjin'', the number of people in their group, and the amount in silver or gold they presented to the ''honjin'' in exchange for the lodging), and some 460 wooden ''[[sekifuda]]'' and 2900 paper ''sekifuda''.<ref>''Kokushitei shiseki Kusatsu-juku honjin'', Kusatsu, Shiga: Shiseki Kusatsujuku honjin (2014), 27.</ref>
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