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disaster management and integr ated economy in early modern japan
– No persons were injured.
– One horse was burnt dead.
The fire was a serious event in which the village shrine, the Hachiman
shrine, was lost. The diaries reveal that the village received many visitors
soon after the fire and that condolence gifts began to arrive on 2nd August.
The diary entry helps us understand what the immediate necessities were:
Sir Jinsaburo of Osaka-ya sent a Cho [barrel] of soy sauce; a letter
of condolence and two bundles of paper were brought by a messen-
ger from the father and son of the Ema family; two umbrellas were
brought by a messenger from Sir Michida Jinpei; five pairs of clogs
were brought by a messenger from Sir Masuya Fujitarō; two hemp-
palm brooms were brought by a messenger from Sir Shokuroō; one
hundred rush mats and two hyos [180kg] of various vegetables
from Sir Odatoko Junzō was brought in person, and a visit of con-
dolence was paid to Omaki; Sir Sakai Kenkichirō, a toshiyori [vil-
lage officer] of Tororo village, had delivered a letter of condolence,
which said that Sir Hira Tahei had gone to Futae and stayed there;
Mr. Michida Jinbei had five hyos of rice delivered to the village;
hikyaku [express messengers] were sent to Tomioka from Nakata
and ashigaru (foot soldiers) seem to have been called; straw arrived
from Kozatoko village, Sir Kyosuke of Shiki delivered relief money;
Sir Rinzo of Shiki delivered relief money.
By 4th August, the status of the damage was surveyed and the follow-
ing documents were compiled: one drawing of the fire site; one book on the
total number of people who suffered from the spread of fire; one document
that recorded the mura-daka (an estimated amount of village productivity
converted into an amount of Koku (taxable rice yield)) as well as the num-
ber of houses including the kosatsu (Governmental notice board) at the
Hachiman shrine, the Kannon hall, one earthen storehouse and the num-
ber of houses and people in Hama, and storages that were burnt down, and
the total number of houses and people in Hama who did not suffer dam-
age. Officials, including the han’s bugyo (governor) came to survey the vil-
lage and all expenditures for food and drinks were assumed by Ueda Yoshi-
uzu, the shoya. The village also purchased one hyo of rice and 25 hyos of
various wheat varieties from Jokiba, On 7th August, 370 residents of Taka-
hama were gathered as workers to level the ground of the premises of the
shoya’s residence in Hama. Furthermore, on 8th August, roles were divided
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– No persons were injured.
– One horse was burnt dead.
The fire was a serious event in which the village shrine, the Hachiman
shrine, was lost. The diaries reveal that the village received many visitors
soon after the fire and that condolence gifts began to arrive on 2nd August.
The diary entry helps us understand what the immediate necessities were:
Sir Jinsaburo of Osaka-ya sent a Cho [barrel] of soy sauce; a letter
of condolence and two bundles of paper were brought by a messen-
ger from the father and son of the Ema family; two umbrellas were
brought by a messenger from Sir Michida Jinpei; five pairs of clogs
were brought by a messenger from Sir Masuya Fujitarō; two hemp-
palm brooms were brought by a messenger from Sir Shokuroō; one
hundred rush mats and two hyos [180kg] of various vegetables
from Sir Odatoko Junzō was brought in person, and a visit of con-
dolence was paid to Omaki; Sir Sakai Kenkichirō, a toshiyori [vil-
lage officer] of Tororo village, had delivered a letter of condolence,
which said that Sir Hira Tahei had gone to Futae and stayed there;
Mr. Michida Jinbei had five hyos of rice delivered to the village;
hikyaku [express messengers] were sent to Tomioka from Nakata
and ashigaru (foot soldiers) seem to have been called; straw arrived
from Kozatoko village, Sir Kyosuke of Shiki delivered relief money;
Sir Rinzo of Shiki delivered relief money.
By 4th August, the status of the damage was surveyed and the follow-
ing documents were compiled: one drawing of the fire site; one book on the
total number of people who suffered from the spread of fire; one document
that recorded the mura-daka (an estimated amount of village productivity
converted into an amount of Koku (taxable rice yield)) as well as the num-
ber of houses including the kosatsu (Governmental notice board) at the
Hachiman shrine, the Kannon hall, one earthen storehouse and the num-
ber of houses and people in Hama, and storages that were burnt down, and
the total number of houses and people in Hama who did not suffer dam-
age. Officials, including the han’s bugyo (governor) came to survey the vil-
lage and all expenditures for food and drinks were assumed by Ueda Yoshi-
uzu, the shoya. The village also purchased one hyo of rice and 25 hyos of
various wheat varieties from Jokiba, On 7th August, 370 residents of Taka-
hama were gathered as workers to level the ground of the premises of the
shoya’s residence in Hama. Furthermore, on 8th August, roles were divided
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