Hi no yoojin - fire prevention

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Hi no yoojin 火の用心 fire prevention



. Koshigaya Daruma 越谷市だるま .

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At temple Jindai-Ji 深大寺

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Himeji Fire Department 姫路西消防署

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hi no yoojin 火迺要慎 "beware of fire"

Amulet from Atago Shrine

Homusubi no mikoto 火産霊命 Deity of Fire

. Atago Jinja 愛宕神社 Kyoto 　


. Musaigai 無災害お守り amulets against fire .


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Click for more kokeshi !

Kokeshi wooden doll 火の用心 こけし


. Kokeshi, Wooden Dolls こけし .


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Fukusuke shookadan 福助消火弾
fire extinguisher in the form of Fukusuke


. Fukusuke 福助だるま .


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source :　blogs.yahoo.co.jp/warszawa

柿本人麻呂＝人丸＝火止まる
This is a play on the sound of the name of Kakinomoto Hitomaro

ki no moto - hi no moto - the source of a fire
hitomaro - hitomaru - fire is extinguishes


ほのぼのと明石の浦の朝霧に　
島隠れ行く舟をしぞ思ふ

Faintly with the dawn
That glimmers on Akashi Bay,
In the morning mist
A boat goes hidden by the isle -
And my thoughts go after it.
Tr. Edwin A. Cranston



. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂 .
Poet, c. 662 - 710. included in the Man'yōshū Poetry Collection

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Fires are a problem at any time. Some seasons are more prone to fires. In Japan, we have most fires in winter, when people use heating devices and the air is dry.

During the Edo period, when people lived closely in wooden homes and used open fire for cooking, fires were especially terrible.

on the lookout for fire, hi no ban　火の番
watching out for a fire, hi no yoojin 火の用心

hut for the night watch, banya 番屋
..... hi no ban koya　火の番小屋
night watch, yoban 夜番
..... yokei, yakei 夜警 （やけい）
making the night rounds, yomawari　夜回り



kantaku 寒柝（かんたく wooden clappers of the watchman
One or two would walk along the streets and make a loud noise with the wooden clappers, so the neighbourhood knew it was safe to sleep deeply for a while.

visiting someone after a fire damage, kaji mimai　火事見舞
..... usually with a gift of money


Katen　火天　 the God of Fire

. WKD - Fire (kaji　火事) .


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Hibuse Daruma ... 火防達磨 Fire and war preventing Daruma.
Temple Junshin-Ji


. hi no yoojin 火の用心 watch out for fire - goods .


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