Omatoi - Omatoi

Japanese: 大纏 - おおまとい
Omatoi - Omatoi

…As a result, it became possible to mobilize a much larger number of people to the source of the fire than before. At this time, each large group was given a large-sized coat of arms, and instead of the streamers worn by the small groups, they were made to wear horse blinds. In this reform, the number of firemen was halved from 30 to 15 to reduce the burden on each town, but even so, the town firemen numbered 9,378 people. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Omatome" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その結果,それまでよりもはるかに多くの人数を火元に動員することが可能となった。なおこのとき,大組1組ごとに大纏が与えられ,小組の纏の吹流しに代えて馬簾(ばれん)をつけさせた。この改正では,各町の負担軽減のため火消人足を30名から15名に半減したが,それでも町火消は9378名という人数だったという。…

※「大纏」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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