In particular, there was the Great Chokugaku Fire of 1698, which started outside the Sukiyabashi-mon Gate, and continued through Ueno to Senju, burning down about three square kilometers and causing more than 3,000 deaths and, in addition, in 1710 there was the Hoei Eruption of Mt. Fuji. 具体的には、元禄11年(1698年)の勅額大火(数寄屋橋門外より出火し上野を経て千住まで300町余を焼失、死者3,000人以上)や宝永4年(1707年)の宝永大噴火などである。 |