定じょう火び消けし

noun

firefighter (Edo period)

Historical term for an official firefighter in Edo-period Japan, specifically one of the organized fire brigades established by the shogunate.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、定じょう火び消けしは幕ばく府ふ直ちょく属ぞくの消しょう防ぼう組そ織しきだった。

  In the Edo period, the jōbikeshi were a firefighting organization under the direct control of the shogunate.

• 定じょう火び消けしの装しょう束ぞくは火か事じ場ばでよく目め立だった。

  The uniforms of the jōbikeshi stood out clearly at fire scenes.