Shichu-hikimawashi was a long journey taking a day (gokasho-hikimawashi covered a distance of as long as 20 km), for which the criminal was given some money to buy things such as a drink and tobacco as wished by the criminal in consideration of the criminal's last journey.
市中引き回しは1日がかりの行程であり(五ヶ所引廻では20kmに及ぶ)、死出の旅ということで、罪人にはお金が渡され、求めに応じて道中酒を買わせたり、煙草を買わせたりした。