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Fires in Edo
Fires in Edo were fires which occurred in , now Tokyo, of Japan during the Edo period. The city of Edo was characterized by frequent great fires as the saying goes. Even in the modern days, the old Edo was still remembered as the . The city was something of a rarity in the world, as vast urban areas of Edo were repeatedly leveled by fire. The great fires of Edo were compared to the Chinese gods of fire and , and also humorously described as "autumn leaves".
==Frequency of fires==
During the 267 years between 1601 (''Keichō'' 6), the year after the , and 1867 (''Keiō'' 3), the year of , Edo was struck by 49 great fires. In comparison, during the same period, great fires in Kyoto, Osaka and Kanazawa totaled only nine, six and three, respectively, which made Edo's figure stand out from the other metropolises in Japan.
If smaller fires are also included, of the 1798 fires that occurred in those 267 years, 269 were in 1601–1700, 541 in 1701–1800, and 986 in 1801–1867. Edo prospering as its population increased, the number of fires also increased proportionally. In particular, the 17 years between 1851 (''Kaei'' 3) and 1867 saw 506 fires, to which unstable public order caused by the incapable administration of the Tokugawa shogunate was a major contributing factor.
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