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...
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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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setting, the fire is caused by Mizu, the main protagonist. Fires in Edo Great Ryōgoku Fire Blusse, Leonard & Cynthia Vaillé (2005). The Deshima Dagregisters...
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Edo Castle (江戸城, Edo-jō) is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. In modern times it is part...
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Hikeshi (category Edo period)
(Japanese: 火消) were fire brigades in Edo and Meiji-era Tokyo; also members of these brigades. Japanese cities were extremely prone to fires due to the fact...
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The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan...
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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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Tenpō (category 1830s in Japan)
ultimately to the modernization of Japan's economy. Edo Castle was devastated by two fires during the Tenpō era, in 1839 and 1843 respectively, and despite rampant...
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History of firefighting (redirect from Firefighting in ancient times)
and fires. London suffered great fires in 798, 982, 989, 1212 and above all in 1666 (the Great Fire of London). The Great Fire of 1666 started in a baker's...
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Tokugawa shogunate (redirect from Edo Shogunate)
tokɯŋawa baꜜkɯ̥ɸɯ]), also known as the Edo shogunate (江戸幕府, Edo bakufu), was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa...
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Genroku (category 1680s in Japan)
(Genroku 10): Great fire in Edo. 1698 (Genroku 11): Another great fire in Edo. A new hall is constructed inside the enclosure of the Edo temple of Kan'ei-ji...
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Emperor Higashiyama (category People of Edo-period Japan)
Great Tenna Fire in Edo. The Shingon Buddhist temple Gokoku-ji was also founded in Edo where it remains today as one of the few sites in Tokyo that survived...
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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'...
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Kōka (redirect from Kōka (Edo period))
of Kōka, meaning "Becoming Wide or Vast", was created to mark a fire at Edo Castle in Tenpō 15. The nengo was not changed concurrent with the accession...
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Tanegashima (gun) (category Technology in Medieval Japan)
Ieyasu destroyed the Toyotomi clan in the siege of Osaka and established the Tokugawa shogunate, the relatively peaceful Edo period arrived, and the use of...
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in relatively good condition and can be viewed, but most other weapons, armour, and letters of commendation were lost due to a fire in Edo castle in 1606...
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it began to reemerge in popularity. In the 1840s, repeated periods of drought led to a series of fires affecting Edo, with kabuki theatres—traditionally...
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throughout Tokyo by the Ryōgoku Bridge. The fire destroyed 15,221 homes across over 100 acres, including much of the Edo period architecture. Over 36,000 people...
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Edo Ekim (listen) (born 23 April 1982) is a veteran Nigerian actress from Akwa Ibom State. Ini Edo began her film career in 2000, and has featured in...
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Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 251800045; see also Imprimerie Royale de France, OCLC 311322353 List of Edo's fires List of fires...
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This is a list of villages and settlements in Edo State, Nigeria, organized by local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes also given)...
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Edo Murtić (4 May 1921 – 2 January 2005) was a painter from Croatia, best known for his lyrical abstraction and abstract expressionism style. He worked...
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Edin Osmić (born 22 December 1978), better known by his stage name Edo Maajka, is a Bosnian rapper, record producer and songwriter. His popularity brought...
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story is set in the Edo period and is fiction set against a background of historical fact. The Ōoku was the part the ladies lived in Edo Castle. The popularity...
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Ansei (category 1850s in Japan)
Bay to the deep ocean, and struck primarily in the Tōkai region, but destroyed houses as far away as in Edo. The accompanying tsunami caused damage along...
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Manji (era) (category 1650s in Japan)
name was changed to mark a disastrous, great fire in Edo. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Meireki 4, on the 23rd day of the 7th month...
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Man'en (category 1860 in Japan)
(万延元年)): The new era name was created to mark the destruction caused by a fire at Edo Castle and the assassination of Ii Naosuke (also known as "the disturbance"...
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Kingdom of Benin (redirect from Edo Empire)
Benin's capital was Edo, now known as Benin City in Edo State, Nigeria. The Benin Kingdom was "one of the oldest and most developed states in the coastal hinterland...
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The Edo period of the history of Japan is the setting of many works of popular culture. These include novels, stage plays, films, television shows, animated...
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