It is considered that the oldest dochuzu is the route map of the government compilation on which the post roads, mountains, and seas of the two provinces of Sagami and Izu are described; it was submitted to the government by tsukaiban (government official responsible for inspection of government officials in remote places) Masayoshi MIYAGI and others of the Shogunate government in the period from 1633 to the next year.
最古の道中図とされるのは、寛永10年（1633年）から翌年にかけて江戸幕府使番宮城和甫らが幕府に提出した相模国・伊豆国両国の駅路及び山海について記した官撰地図であったとされている。