later it also referred to a document from lower to higher officials in the same office . 後には直属官司の下から上への文書もさす。
she brought kazunomiya ' s letter and met higher officials and councilors to plea the continuance of the tokugawa family , however , they stopped her from handing in the letter to emperor . 議定や参与に面会し、宮の直書を携え徳川家存続を嘆願するも、御所に宮の直書を出すことのないようにと諌められる。
according to kushiki-ryo (law on state documentary forms in the yoro code ) (hyakkan-tonoi no jo (百官宿直条 , the article of tonoi for all the officials )) all the kanshi (government officials ) except dainagon (chief councilor of state ) or higher officials and ministers of hassho (eight ministries and agencies ) were supposed to assume the obligation of tonoi in alternate shifts for the section to which they belonged . 公式令（百官宿直条）によれば、大納言以上及び八省卿を除く全ての官人に対して、その所属する官司に対して交代で宿直する義務を負った。
