The then-current commissioner of Sado opposed the plan, citing fears that public order would deteriorate, but proponents succeeded (not without forceful coercion) in ramming through their plan, and homeless people began to be sent to Sadoga-shima Island; thereafter, every year several dozen would be sent. |
佐渡奉行は治安が悪化するといって反対したが、半ば強引に押し切る形で無宿者が佐渡島に送られることになり、毎年数十人が送られた。 |