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The ''osakite'' was the head of security for the main keep of [[Edo castle]]. He was also the head of the [[shogun|shogun's]] guard when the shogun was outside of the castle, and played a role in fire prevention and law enforcement in the city.

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==References==
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 322.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
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