During the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) (Japan), warring lords posted shukuba (post stations) along highways in their domains and tenma that shuttled between their main castles and branch castles.
戦国時代(日本)には、戦国大名らが自領内の街道に宿場を設け、本城と支城などを連絡する伝馬を設置した。