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forbid their production and diffusion. But the sanctions still had no
effect. The anger increased. It was necessary to react rapidly with
concrete and visible measures. From the day after the earthquake, the
municipal council ( machigaisho ) of Edo specified a series of measures
that ought to be put in place to help gain control of the situation.
Figure 7.2. Makeshift government shelter (source: [SMI 08, p. 2])
The restrictions were numerous and the instructions were divided
into nine major areas [SMI 08, pp. 3-6] :
- to distribute food to the living, for example balls of rice, in order
to relieve the famine situation in which part of the population found
themselves;
- to put in place makeshift shelters to house the homeless;
- to send medical help urgently to take care of the injured;
- to convene the main distributors of merchandise with a view to
building up essential stocks;