The Great Fire of Genroku

Japanese: 元禄の大火 - げんろくのたいか
The Great Fire of Genroku
A collective name for three major fires that occurred in Edo during the Genroku period (1688-1704). The fire in 1697 broke out at Zenshinji Temple in Otsuka (currently Bunkyo Ward), and spread from Kohinata to the Ushigome, Bancho, and Kojimachi areas, where many of the residences of samurai and vassals and landowners were located. The fire in the following year (1698) broke out in Minaminabe-cho (currently Chuo Ward), and spread as far north as Senju. The fire in 1703 broke out at the Mito clan's upper residence in Koishikawa, and spread from Hongo and Asakusa across the Sumida River to Honjo and Fukagawa, destroying Yushima Tenjin (Yushima Tenmangu Shrine) and Yushima Seido.

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Japanese:
元禄年間(1688年−1704年)に江戸で生じた3回の大火の総称。元禄10年(1697年)の火事は大塚(現,文京区)善心寺から出火,小日向(こひなた)から旗本・御家人屋敷や大縄地(おおなわち)が多い牛込・番町・麹町(こうじまち)一帯まで類焼。翌11年(1698年)の火事は南鍋(みなみなべ)町(現,中央区)から出火,遠く北に離れた千住(せんじゅ)まで延焼した。元禄16年(1703年)の火事は小石川水戸藩上屋敷から出火,本郷・浅草から隅田川を越えて本所・深川まで類焼し,湯島天神(湯島天満宮)・湯島聖堂なども焼失。

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