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On August 3, 1730 ( Kyōhō 15, 20th day of the 6th month ), a fire broke out in Muromachi and 3,790 houses were burnt. Over 30,000 looms in Nishi-jin were destroyed. In response, the bakufu distributed rice. [4] The city of Kyoto was home to many cloth weavers, and the neighborhood in which this craft was centered was called Nishijin.
History of Japan. The Kyōhō Reforms (享保の改革, kyōhō no kaikaku) were an array of economic and cultural policies introduced by the Tokugawa shogunate between 1722–1730 during the Edo period to improve its political and social status. [1] These reforms were instigated by the eighth Tokugawa shōgun of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshimune ...
Kyoto Prefecture created. [13] 1872 - Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures held. [citation needed] 1875 - Protestant Doshisha English School established. [14] 1877 - Kyōto Station opens. 1879 - Kamigyō-ku and Shimogyō-ku ward established. [citation needed] 1886 - Maruyama Park opens. 1887 - Population: 264,559.
The Great Fire of Meireki (明暦の大火, Meireki no taika), 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, [1] the third year of the Meireki Imperial era. The fire lasted for three days and, in combination with a severe blizzard that quickly followed ...
Nanzen-ji (南禅寺, Nanzen-ji), or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly Zenrin-ji (禅林寺, Zenrin-ji), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Emperor Kameyama established it in 1291 on the site of his previous detached palace. It is also the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. The precincts of Nanzen-ji are a nationally ...
The Sumida River is found in the lower right. Fires in Edo (江戸), 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 "Fires and quarrels are the flowers of Edo " [note 1] goes. [1] Even in the modern days, the old Edo was still remembered as the "City ...
The Kyoto Animation arson attack ( Japanese: 京都アニメーション放火殺人事件, Hepburn: Kyōto Animēshon hōka satsujin jiken, lit. 'Kyoto Animation arson murder incident') occurred at Kyoto Animation 's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019. The arson killed 36 ...
Kyōhō (享保), also pronounced Kyōho, was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Shōtoku and before Genbun. This period spanned the years from July 1716 through April 1736. [1] The reigning emperors were Nakamikado -tennō (中御門天皇) and Sakuramachi -tennō (桜町天皇). [2]