Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Historical artifact)

Title:

Sadame (hitsuke/kajiba torishimari no kosatsu)

Official Plaque (Bulletin on the Policing of Arson and Scenes of Fire)

定（火付・火事場取り締まりの高札）

No. of features:

1 plaque

Designated:

June 20, 1996

Location:

Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (opens to new page)
4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Under private ownership (Shimoochiai 6-chome, Chuo Ward)

Description:

   This placard dates from 1711. It was displayed in the village’s official bulletin area. It gives guidance on fire prevention, lists punishments for arsonists and rewards for those who raise the alarm, and orders citizens to return lost items.

Associated Texts:

(1996). “Survey Report onn Yono City’s Cultural Properties” (vol. 21). Yono Municipal Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property. Please contact the museum for inquiries on when this property is available for public viewing.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/009/003/p000436.html