Before long, however, a group called Shume emerged in Togoku (Kanto region) that engaged in transportation as a business, engaging in the safe transfer of such loads.
が、やがて東国においては、これらの荷の運搬と安全を請け負う僦馬（しゅうめ）と呼ばれる職業的に輸送に従事する集団が現れた。