What the records say
- When
- 3 Jun 1177
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 35.01° N, 135.74° E
- Description
- 1177 fire in Heian-kyō
Great Fire of Angen
1177 fire in Heian-kyō
The Great Fire of Angen was a fire that swept through Heian-kyō in 1177, destroying around a third of the then capital city. It was recorded by Fujiwara no Kanezane.
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- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “During the third year of the Angen era in Japan, a fire devastates Kyoto”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “安元の大火”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page