Outside the fence - Outside the fence

Japanese: 垣外番 - かいとばん

〘 noun 〙 In the Edo period, a person selected from among non-people was made to work as a night watchman in each town. In Osaka, they belonged to four places (Tennoji, Tobita, Dotonbori, Tenma) and were responsible for domestic work during ceremonial occasions, as well as night watch and gate keeper. In addition to this, wealthy families built guardhouses at their entrances for self-defense. ※Zappai・Mizu-kagen (1817) "A guard sleeping outside the gates, never letting his guard down"

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Japanese:

〘名〙江戸時代、非人の中から選んで、町ごとに夜番をさせた者。大坂では四か所（天王寺、鳶田、道頓堀、天満）の配下に属し、冠婚葬祭時の下働きと夜番、木戸番を兼ねた者をいう。これとは別に、富家では戸口に番小屋を造り、自衛のために置いたという。※雑俳・水加減（1817）「油断はせぬ戸を明て寝る垣外番」

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