Myouchi ware - Myouchi ware

Japanese: 妙知焼 - みょうちやけ

The largest fire in Osaka in the early modern period, which occurred in 1724. It was so named because it started at the home of Kanaya Jihei's grandmother, Myochi, in Minamihorie Tachibana-dori 3-chome (present-day Nishi Ward). The fire burned down everything from Kitahorie and Dotonbori to Awaza, Tachimi-bori, and Edobori, then moved to Senba, burning the bridges over the Higashi-Nishi Yokobori River and Uemachi, and spreading to Nishinari-gun through Nakanoshima and Hachikenya. Two-thirds of the Osaka Misato city area was burned down. 408 towns and 11,765 houses were affected, as well as 1,097 storehouses, 1,544 beach barns, and 33 daimyo residences. The castle daimyos' secondary residences and the East and West Osaka magistrates' offices were also destroyed. It is said that more than 7,000 people died in the fire.

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Japanese:

1724年に起きた近世における大坂最大の火事。南堀江橘通３丁目（現西区）の金屋治兵衛の祖母妙知宅から出火したのでその名がある。火先は北堀江・道頓堀から阿波座・立売堀・江戸堀まで全焼させ，船場に移って東西横掘川の橋々や上町(うえまち)を焼き，中之島・八軒家などを経て西成郡まで延焼。大坂三郷市街の３分の２を焼き尽くした。罹災町数408町・同家数１万1765軒，土蔵1097ヵ所・浜納屋1544ヵ所・大名屋敷33ヵ所のほか大坂城代中屋敷，東西両大坂町奉行所なども焼失。焼死者は7000人以上ともいわれる。

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