shecase

Updated: May 15, 2025

The white building on the other side of the street is a fire-proof storehouse, in which the public documents and valuables of the district are deposited whenever a fire breaks out in it. A Japanese 'Shecase, or fire-brigade, passing silently along the streets, lighted by its weird red-and-black distinguishing lanterns, is a strange sight.

Jacob Mortimer Wier Silver - Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs