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==Jô Bikeshi==

==Jô Bikeshi==

* Shogun [[Tokugawa Ietsuna|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.

* Shogun [[Tokugawa Ietsuna|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 Kôjimachi. Two initial ''jô-bikeshi'' fire brigades later expanded to ten, overseen by the ''[[wwakadoshiyori]]'', and based at firehouses arranged in an arc across the north and west of the city (the direction from which winds blew which were the most dangerous for spreading a fire to the castle).<ref>Katô Takashi, "Governing Edo," in James McClain (ed.), ''Edo & Paris'', Cornell University Press (1994), 63.</ref>

==Machi Bikeshi==

==Machi Bikeshi==

* ''Oedo Happyaku Yacho'' (大江戸八百八町) Tokyo Edo Museum.

* ''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]

* [http://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.jp/libr/times/times01.htm Tokyo Fire Department]

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