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The courier service in the Edo period was an essential occupation, and society itself would not have been able to function without them. What on earth was so amazing about them? We would like to tell you through this video. ================================== ▼References, etc. Kanto Communications Industry Courier Service: "Learn about transportation and communications in the Kamakura period, the setting for today's taiga drama" Makishima Takashi: "Edo's couriers: a history of information and communication by man and horse" (Kyoiku Hyoronsha, 2015) Postal Museum Research Bulletin: "Japanese postal service in the late Edo and early Meiji period as seen by Westerners" (2012) Rekishi-jin: "Were couriers speeding around?! The mystery of how packages arrived from Edo to Kyoto in 3 to 4 days" Central Council for Financial Public Relations: "He who controls the information controls the market! Traders of the Edo period" Shinagawa Ward/Shinagawa Digital Archive: "Faint-man couriers" Fukui University professor Kadoi Naoya: "On the denma system and transportation route system of the Ritsuryo period" =================================== ▼Table of contents0:00 Introduction0:30 The history of couriers3:30 Why couriers existed6:19 The reality of couriers 9:29 The competitiveness of the courier industry 12:42 The end of couriers ▼BGM provided by: MusMus → https://musmus.main.jp/ ・Maoudamashii → https://maoudamashii.jokersounds.com/ ・PeriTune → https://peritune.com/ ・DOVA-SYNDROME → https://dova-s.jp/ ・Amacha Music Studio → http://amachamusic.chagasi.com/ ・Pocket Sound → https://pocket-se.info/ ・Oto no Sono → http://oto-no-sono.com ▼Illustrations provided by: Adobe Stock → https://stock.adobe.com/jp/ ・AC Illustrations → https://www.ac-illust.com/ ・Vecteezy → https://www.vecteezy.com/ #couriers #transportation