Does anyone know the function of the wooden, box shaped buildings

stop making this thread

>>2456254
They are kind of fire wall filled with water barrel.

>>2456284
actually I'm the one who originally made this thread and I'm estatic to see it being posted again by someone else because I never got an answer.

>>2457902
elaborate?

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here's a better view

oh, further information is this series is set in 1783 in the city of Edo.

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>>2456254
just japs being fucking weird

>>2457908
Perhaps he's saying that they were filled with water as disaster prevention from fires. Japanese cities were particularly prone to, and suffered quite often from, fires due to just about everything being made out of wood.

Only a guess though

>>2460191
yeah, I guess if that's the case there are things about the internal structure I'm curious of and such.

I've been reading about pre-meiji restoration japan for over a decade and have seen countless period films and anime, and this is the first time I've ever seen or heard of anything like these structures. might seem kind of benign but they stand out so ferociously to me and I guess OP as well.