Your Life as an Edo Firefighter

Discover what your life would have been like as a firefighter in Edo-period Japan. DISCLAIMER: This video is a fictional dramatization inspired by historical accounts. While based on real practices, characters and events are simplified for storytelling. #EdoJapan #JapaneseHistory #Firefighter #YourLifeAs #History In 18th-century Edo, fires were so common that the city had a saying about them. Follow a young tobi builder from a crowded row house to the night he holds his brigade's matoi on a burning roof, and learn why Edo's firefighters fought fire by tearing houses down.