The Great Fire of Meireki, by Tashiro Yukiharu ... down and the fire diminished simply because there was little left to burn; nearly three-quarters of Edo no longer existed. However, the embers ...

Fire was a perennial hazard and Edo was razed to the ground on many occasions, only to rise again from the ashes like a phoenix. One of the most destructive of these fires was the Great Fire of 1657.

“It should feel like fire touched every part of the set and every part and corner of Edo, because that’s what happened to the Great Fire [of Meireki in 1657] in Edo.” Maya Erskine as Miz ...

Around this time, Edo’s first major fire (known later as the Great Fire of Meireki) burned down most of Edo, and took Yoshiwara with it. Like a phoenix out of the ashes of destruction ...

in the old capital of Edo, perhaps the best known is the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657, popularly referred to as the “Furisode Fire.” Starting on Jan. 18, under the traditional lunar calendar ...