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| − | * [[Tokugawa Yoshimune|Yoshimune]] ordered [[Ooka Tadasuke]] to install [[Chonin| | + | * [[Tokugawa Yoshimune|Yoshimune]] ordered [[Ooka Tadasuke]] to install [[Chonin|Chônin's]] Hikeshi "Machi Bikeshi"(町火消し) in [[1718]]. ''I-ro-ha 48 units'' and ''Honjo-Fukagawa 16 units'' were formed. |
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | * ''Oedo Happyaku Yacho'' (大江戸八百八町) Tokyo Edo Museum. | ||
| + | * [http://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.jp/libr/times/times01.htm Tokyo Fire Department] | ||
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Revision as of 05:24, 9 August 2007
- Japanese:火消し(Hikeshi)
Hosho Bikeshi
Daimyo Bikeshi
- 1643, Iemitsu appointed 16 Daimyo to form fire fighter units "Daimyo Bikeshi"(大名火消し). However the Hikeshi only worked for protecting Edo castle, Daimyo mansions and Samurai houses.
Jo Bikeshi
- Ietsuna ordered 4 Hatamoto to form fire fighter units "Jo Bikeshi" (定火消し) after Great Meireki Fire in 1657. They set fire stations in Iidabashi, Ichigaya, Ochanomizu, and Koujimachi.
Machi Bikeshi
- Yoshimune ordered Ooka Tadasuke to install Chônin's Hikeshi "Machi Bikeshi"(町火消し) in 1718. I-ro-ha 48 units and Honjo-Fukagawa 16 units were formed.
References
- Oedo Happyaku Yacho (大江戸八百八町) Tokyo Edo Museum.
- Tokyo Fire Department
