Many of jofu feudal retainers of domains had families and bodai-ji or danna-dera (family temples) in Edo, and if they died in Edo, their bodies and cremains were not brought back to their hometowns.
定府の藩士の多くは、江戸に家族と菩提寺・檀那寺を持ち、江戸で亡くなっても遺骸や遺骨などを在所に持ち帰らない。