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Great Fire of Meireki, the Glossary

The, also known as the Great Furisode Fire, destroyed 60–70% of Edo (now Tokyo), the then de facto capital city of Japan, on 2 March 1657, the third year of the Meireki Imperial era.^[1]

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1657 disasters
1657 in Japan
17th-century fires
Edo
Fires in Japan
Urban fires in Asia

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga.

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Blue Eye Samurai is an adult animated action television series created and written for Netflix by wife-and-husband team Amber Noizumi and Michael Green, with supervising director and series producer Jane Wu.

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Bombing of Tokyo

The was a series of air raids on Japan launched by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific War in 1944–1945.

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Conflagration

A conflagration is a large fire.

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Edo

Edo (江戸||"bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.

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Edo Castle

is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. Great Fire of Meireki and Edo Castle are Edo.

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Ekō-in

, also known as Honjo Ekō-in, is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Ryōgoku, Tokyo.

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Fire department

A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.

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Fires in Edo

Fires in, 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 goes. Great Fire of Meireki and Fires in Edo are Edo, fires in Japan and Urban fires in Asia.

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Furisode

A is a style of kimono distinguishable by its long sleeves, which range in length from for a, to for an.

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Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the wall to the west. Great Fire of Meireki and Great Fire of London are 17th-century fires.

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Hongō, Tokyo

is a district of Tokyo located in Bunkyō, due north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and west of Ueno.

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Hoshina Masayuki

was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who was the founder of what became the Matsudaira house of Aizu.

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Japanese calendar

Japanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems.

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Japanese castle

are fortresses constructed primarily of wood and stone.

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Japanese era name

The or, is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme.

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Kōjimachi

is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

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Kimono

The is a traditional Japanese garment and the national dress of Japan.

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Laura Joh Rowland

Laura Joh Rowland is an American detective/mystery author best known for her series of historical mystery novels featuring protagonist set in feudal Japan, mostly in Edo during the late 17th century.

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Matsudaira Nobutsuna

was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kawagoe Domain.

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Meireki

was a of the Edo period, after the Jōō era and before Manji era.

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Mystery fiction

Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story.

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Netflix

Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.

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Rōjū

The, usually translated as Elder, was one of the highest-ranking government posts under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan.

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Short Peace

is a multimedia project composed of four short anime films produced by Sunrise and Shochiku, and a video game developed by Crispy's! and Grasshopper Manufacture.

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Sumida River

The is a river that flows through central Tokyo, Japan.

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Sumida, Tokyo

is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan.

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Tael

Tael, at the OED Online.

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The Fire Kimono

The Fire Kimono is a 2008 mystery novel written by Laura Joh Rowland, set in the Genroku period (AD 1688–1704) in Japan.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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1923 Great Kantō earthquake

The also known in Japanese as struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:32 JST (02:58:32 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Great Fire of Meireki and 1923 Great Kantō earthquake are fires in Japan and Urban fires in Asia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Meireki

Also known as Long sleeve kimono fire, Long-Sleeved Kimono Fire, Meireki fire.

Great Fire of Meireki, the Glossary

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See also

1657 disasters

1657 in Japan

17th-century fires

Edo

Fires in Japan

Urban fires in Asia

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