Difference between revisions of "Hikeshi"
From SamuraiWiki
Jump to navigationJump to searchm (→Daimyô Bikeshi) |
m (→Machi Bikeshi) |
||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
==Machi Bikeshi== | ==Machi Bikeshi== | ||
| − | * Shogun [[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. | + | * Shogun [[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 in [[1720]]. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 02:15, 11 November 2012
- Japanese:火消し(Hikeshi)
Firefighters in Edo period.
Hôsho Bikeshi
Daimyô Bikeshi
- 1643, Iemitsu appointed 16 Daimyô to form firefighter units "Daimyô Bikeshi"(大名火消し). However the Hikeshi only worked for protecting Edo castle, Daimyô mansions and Samurai houses.
Jô Bikeshi
- Shogun Ietsuna ordered 4 Hatamoto to form firefighter units "Jô Bikeshi" (定火消し) after Great Meireki Fire in 1657. They set fire stations in Iidabashi, Ichigaya, Ochanomizu, and Koujimachi.
Machi Bikeshi
- Shogun 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 in 1720.
References
- Oedo Happyaku Yacho (大江戸八百八町) Tokyo Edo Museum.
- Tokyo Fire Department
