page_title: Fires in Edo
hierarchical_section_title: Fires in Edo
caption_attribution_description: Great Fire of Meireki (明暦の大火) from the Musashiabumi (むさしあぶみ)
context_page_description: Fires in Edo, the former name of Tokyo, during the Edo period of Japan were so frequent that the city of Edo was characterized as the saying "Fires and quarrels are the flowers of Edo" goes. Even in the modern days, the old Edo was still remembered as the "City of Fires".
  Edo was something of a rarity in the world, as vast urban areas of the city were repeatedly leveled by fire. The great fires of Edo were compared to the Chinese gods of fire Shukuyū and Kairoku, and also humorously described as "autumn leaves".
context_section_description: 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" goes. Even in the modern days, the old Edo was still remembered as the "City of Fires" (火災都市).
  Edo was something of a rarity in the world, as vast urban areas of the city were repeatedly leveled by fire. The great fires of Edo were compared to the Chinese gods of fire Shukuyū (祝融) and Kairoku (回禄), and also humorously described as "autumn leaves".
caption: 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.
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