Asakusa-mon (浅草門, Asakusa Gate) during the Great Fire of Meireki as depicted in Musashiabumi (むさしあぶみ), a kanazōshi (仮名草子) by Asai Ryōi (浅井 了意). Officials mistook released ex-convicts for prison escapees and shut the gate. People seeking refuge had no choice but to climb the city walls, only to fall into the canal below.Map of Edo as of the 1840s. The Sumida River is found in the lower right.
Fires in Edo (江戸), the former name of Tokyo, during the Edo period (1600−1868) of Japan were so frequent that the city of Edo was characterized as the saying "Fires and quarrels are the flowers of Edo"[note 1] goes.[1] Even in the modern days, the old Edo was still remembered as the "City of Fires" (火災都市).[2]
Edo was something of a rarity in the world, as vast urban areas of the city were repeatedly leveled by fire.[3] The great fires of Edo were compared to the gods of fire Shukuyū (祝融) and Kairoku (回禄), and also humorously described as "autumn leaves".
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FiresinEdo (江戸), the former name of Tokyo, during the Edo period (1600−1868) of Japan were so frequent that the city of Edo was characterized as the...
estimated population of 1 million by 1721. Edo was repeatedly devastated by fires, the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657 being the most disastrous, with an estimated...
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had an epicenter close to Edo (now Tokyo), causing considerable damage in the Kantō region from the shaking and subsequent fires, with a death toll of 7...
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duties to his twelve-year-old son. He was charged with prevention of fires at Edo Castle, a duty that left him much leisure time. Not long after his parents'...
Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 251800045; see also Imprimerie Royale de France, OCLC 311322353 List of Edo'sfires List of fires...
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period (1600–1868) (Fukagawa Edo Museum) A traditional charcoal hibachi, made c. 1880–1900 House of the Edo period (Fukagawa Edo Museum) Two women and a man...
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Bay to the deep ocean, and struck primarily in the Tōkai region, but destroyed houses as far away as inEdo. The accompanying tsunami caused damage along...
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