hikeshi
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thumb|Utagawa Yoshitora, Hikeshi with a [[matoi]] Hikeshi () were fire brigades in Edo and Meiji-era Tokyo. Members of these brigades were also called by this term.
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- Instance of
- profession
- Subclass of
- firefighter
- Country
- Tokugawa shogunate
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- Edo-Tokyo Museum - votive picture depicting the firemen of the 'sen' group (1833) - detail 03 (15585926908).jpg
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- Hikeshi
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- Background and techniques
- Daimyo's fire brigades
- Permanent fire service
- Volunteer fire service
- Japan after the WWII
- Notes
- Footnotes
- References
thumb|Utagawa Yoshitora, Hikeshi with a [[matoi]] Hikeshi () were fire brigades in Edo and Meiji-era Tokyo. Members of these brigades were also called by this term.
Japanese cities were extremely prone to fires due to the fact that paper and wood were the main building materials. Firefighters cleared the buildings that stood on the fire's path, preventing it from incinerating nearby buildings. Water extinction was almost never used because of its low efficiency.
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