The 19th head of the Yoshida family named Oikaze YOSHIDA submitted a report on records of the past to the Tokugawa shogunate in the Kansei era, and it says the family business of the Gojo family was to issue passes and luggage tags for travelers.
事実、吉田家の19世、吉田追風が寛政年間に徳川幕府に提出した故実書に「五条家は家業牢人の輩の道中絵符人馬宿駅の帳面免許す」とある。