According to the story titled "Hachijuo Mukashi Monogatari," the road between the residences of Chiyarikuro NAGASAKA and Kyuemon SUDA in Bancho (the name of a place in the west of Chiyoda ward, Tokyo) and the residences of Hanemon OGURI, Shichirobe MAMIYA, and Mataemon TSUZUKI in Ushigome (residential area in the east of Shinjuku, Toyko) was more than 100 ken (181 m) in distance.
『八十翁疇昔物語』によれば、番町方の長坂血鑓九郎、須田久右衛門の屋敷と、牛込方の小栗半右衛門、間宮七郎兵衛、都築又右衛門などの屋敷とのあいだは、道幅100余間もあった。