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Hikeshi

Hikeshi (Japanese: 火消) were fire brigades in Edo and Meiji-era Tokyo. Members of these brigades were also called by this term.

Background and techniques, Permanent fire service & Volunteer fire service

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Background and techniques

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Permanent fire service

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Volunteer fire service

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Daimyo's fire brigades

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Background and techniques

Daimyo's fire brigades

Permanent fire service

Volunteer fire service

Japan after the WWII

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Hikeshi

Nodes62
Edges61
Triples49
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032258
Components1

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Hikeshi

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related to background · 16
Hikeshi → Between, Edo, Edo's, February, Fires, Japan, Japanese, Kantō Plain, Nagasaki, November, Osaka, Osaka's, Siberian, The, Tokyo, Tokyo's
related to Volunteer fire service · 13
Hikeshi → After, At, Brigades, Edo, Edo Castle, Fire, In, Iroha, Kanda, Most, Samurai, Sometimes, Technically
related to Permanent fire service · 11
Hikeshi → After, Edo, Great Fire, In, Jo, London, London Fire Brigade, Meireki, Other, The, This
related to Japan after the WWII · 9
Hikeshi → Combustible, Disaster Management Agency, Fire, In, Japan, Japanese, Katsuhiro Otomo's, Matoi, Short Peace

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Important terminology

brigades fire fires edo city japanese matoi buildings water firefighters service bikeshi called permanent japan volunteer ja houses became work

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Hikeshirelated to backgroundFires0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundEdo0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundTokyo0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundNagasaki0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundJapan0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundTokyo's0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundKantō Plain0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundSiberian0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundNovember0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundFebruary0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundJapanese0.60section
Hikeshirelated to backgroundEdo's0.60section

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