Continued Reconstruction of Edo after the Meireki Fire

Name: Continued Reconstruction of Edo after the Meireki Fire
Start: 1661
End: 1670

Type Event Region Japan Time 1661–1670

After the 1657 Meireki Fire destroyed much of Edo, reconstruction continued into the 1660s: widening main streets as firebreaks, rebuilding daimyo re…

Timeline

1665Nihonbashi–Kyōbashi area · EdoAfter the Meireki Fire, the shogunate and the machi-bugyō pushed to widen main streets as firebreaks. In the 1660s commercial centers like Nihonbashi and Kyōbashi were gradually rebuilt, with machiya adopting more standardized fireproof structures, and commercial activity recovered.
1665Kanda River basin · EdoThe rebuilding of domains' lower residences in Edo proceeded alongside shogunate-led dredging of the Kanda River and levee construction. Improvements to urban infrastructure in the 1660s created conditions for population return and subsequent expansion.

Sources

Edo: The City That Became Tokyo — Akira Naito (2003)