Before the set-up of the Ninsokuyoseba, there used to be a system called Mizukaeninsoku (Laborers for Water Drainage) of Sado Gold Mine, which was designed to isolate and rehabilitate the homeless.
人足寄場の設置以前には、無宿の隔離及び更生政策として佐渡金山への水替人足の制度があった。