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*Hôsho Bikeshi (奉書火消し) was established by [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Iemitsu]] in [[1629]]. | *Hôsho Bikeshi (奉書火消し) was established by [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Iemitsu]] in [[1629]]. | ||
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| − | * [[1643]], Iemitsu appointed 16 Daimyo to form firefighter units " | + | * [[1643]], Iemitsu appointed 16 [[Daimyo|Daimyô]] to form firefighter units "Daimyô Bikeshi"(大名火消し). However the Hikeshi only worked for protecting [[Edo castle]], Daimyo mansions and Samurai houses. |
==Jô Bikeshi== | ==Jô Bikeshi== | ||
Revision as of 05:29, 9 August 2007
- 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, Daimyo 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.
References
- Oedo Happyaku Yacho (大江戸八百八町) Tokyo Edo Museum.
- Tokyo Fire Department
