英語訳
On the 7th day of the 2nd month of Tenpō 5 (1834), around 8 o'clock in the afternoon, a fire broke out from Sotokanda Sakuma-chō 3-chōme. Strong north winds caused the fire to spread to the area below Yanagihara embankment. The fire spread through Matsushita-chō, Tomiyama-chō, Dōjima-chō, and Hashimoto-chō, consuming the residences of various daimyo, both great and small. The flames intensified across the area, reaching Kodenma-chō, the prison, and Daimon-dōri. The Daimaru kimono store and other major merchant houses and storehouses burned extensively. The fire consumed Sakai-chō's Nakamura-za theater, Fukiya-chō's Ichimura-za theater, puppet theaters, and areas around Higashi Gundai-dōri, as well as Bakurō-chō, Yokoyama-chō, Ōdenma-chō, Tachibana-chō, Ryōgoku Hirokōji, Yanokura, Hama-chō, and various daimyo residences. Shin-Ōhashi bridge collapsed from the fire. The Kishū domain's warehouse residence and other mansion compounds burned completely. Eitai-bashi bridge was partially burned. The fire spread from Hakozaki-chō, Shinkawa, Shinbori, sake shops, and house storehouses to Reigan-jima island. Echizen-no-kami's residence and all townspeople's houses burned down. The fire jumped to Tsukuda island, completely consuming the interior of the island. Inari-bashi, Taka-bashi, and Naka-bashi bridges all collapsed from the fire. Major merchants in Hon-minato-chō, Funamatsu-chō, north and south Hatchōbori, Hon-Shirogane-chō, Ishi-chō, Hon-chō, and Muro-chō were all affected. Odawara-chō, Setomono-chō, Ise-chō, Nihonbashi, Yokkaichi, and Arame-bashi burned. Kobune-chō, Horitome, Terifuri-chō, and Oyaji-bashi bridge collapsed. Yoshi-chō, Jinzaemon-chō, Izumi-chō, Norimono-chō, Hasegawa-chō, Ningyō-chō-dōri, Shin-zaimoku-chō, Aomono-chō, Man-chō, and Tōri-chō all burned completely. The fire finally stopped at Nakabashi Hirokōji.
On the same month's 9th day at 6 o'clock at night, fire broke out from Himono-chō. Strong south winds spread the fire through Kami-maki-chō, Kita-maki-chō, Maki-chō, Sukiya-chō, Moto-daiku-chō, Gofuku-chō, and was extinguished at Nishi-gashi-dōri. The next day, the 10th, at 9 o'clock in the afternoon, another fire broke out with strong north winds. Daimyō-kōji, Kajibashi gate, and Sukiyabashi gate burned. Strong northwest winds caused the fire to jump to Nakabashi and Kashiwa-chō, then to Minami-daiku-chō, Minami-kaji-chō, another district, Kita-kon'ya-chō, causing Kyōbashi bridge to collapse. The fire consumed Ginza-chō, Owari-chō, Takegawa-chō, Izumo-chō, Minami-nabe-chō, Sanjūken-bori, Kobiki-chō-dōri, and Kawarazaki-za theater. Tsukiji Monzeki temple grounds, temple districts, various daimyo residences both great and small, and Tsukiji Odawara-chō were all lost. The fire continued from Okudaira-sama's Shiodome to Wakisaka-sama and Sandai-sama's areas without stopping, finally being contained at Hana-chō and Shibaguchi 2-chōme.
Strong north winds, sometimes shifting to west-east winds, blew sand and debris around. The fire raged terrifyingly following the wind, as if scorching the heavens. In the streets of east, west, south, and north, elderly and young, men and women scattered in all directions, abandoning the belongings and clothing they had carried out. Parents abandoned children, children were separated from parents, married couples were scattered, stumbling over belongings, falling down, being trampled to death or burned to death. Their cries and screams echoed through heaven and earth, creating a scene like a terrifying hell that was unbearable to witness. To call it merely "pitiful" would be an understatement.
Not only the feudal lords but also townspeople lost their neatly arranged houses and storehouses to the fire in numbers too great to count—a truly rare occurrence in history. The surviving rental houses were packed with people, and countless others without shelter had to sleep outdoors. The extent of their hardship was unprecedented.
White areas: 7th day fires
Light blue areas: 9th day fires
Yellow areas: 10th day fires
[Map description: A map showing the burned areas of Edo with various district names, mansion names, and bridge names marked]