Historical marker for memorial to victims of Great Fire of Meireki

The Great fire of Meireki (明暦大火, Meireki no taika^?) destroyed 60-70% of the Edo (the forerunner of Tokyo) and Edo Castle in 1657. Afterwards a great reconstruction took place which changed the appearance of the city. As the area around Edo Castle was cleared of buildings for the reason of fire safety, temples and shrines were moved to the banks of Sumida River. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1500x1154, 494 KB) Historic marker for en:Great Fire of Meireki, Sugamo, Toshima, Tokyo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1500x1154, 494 KB) Historic marker for en:Great Fire of Meireki, Sugamo, Toshima, Tokyo. ... Edo (Japanese: 江戸, literally: bay-door, estuary, pronounced //), once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the capital of Japan. ... Edo Castle (江戸城 -jō) was built in 1457 by ÅŒta Dōkan in what is now the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, but was then known as Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ... The Sumida River flowing through Adachi, Tokyo The Sumida River (隅田川, Sumida-gawa) is a river which flows through Tokyo, Japan. ...

The conflagration is also called the Furisode Fire.