On the 30th day of the 9th month of the 1st year of Temmei (15th November, 1781) fire broke out in the houses of Aburaya Yasubei, Fushimi-ch�, and Yedo-ch� ni-ch�-me of the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of ten years. One account says that this fire originated in the Kadaya, Fushimi-ch�, and that eleven houses in Yedo-ch� ni-ch�-me, ten houses Naka-no-ch�, and ten houses at Fushimi-ch� were burnt.
On the 16th day of the 4th month of the 4th year of Temmei (3rd June, 1784) fire broke out in the house of Maruebi-ya, and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of four years.
On the 9th day of the 11th month of the 7th year of Temmei (18th December, 1787) fire broke out in the tea-house kept by Gorobei, Sumich�, and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of four years.
On the 2nd day of the 4th month of the 6th year of Kwansei (1st May, 1794) fire broke out either in the brothel known as “Choji-ya� or in the house of Juzo (they stood close together) and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of eight years. Tamachi (in Asakusa) was also burnt by this fire, sparks carried by the wind having ignited the residences there.
On the 23rd day of the 2nd month of the 12th year of Kwansei (18th March, 1800) fire broke out in the house of a farmer named Tsunasa Jinyemon, of Ryūsenji-mura, Shitaya district, and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of seven years.
On the 21st day of the 11th month of the 9th year of Bunkwa (24th December, 1812) fire broke out in the compound of sheds belonging to Zenshichi (chief of beggars), and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of thirteen years. This fire spread as far as Yama-no-shiku, and Tamachi (ni-ch�-me), Asakusa.
On the 3rd day of the 5th month of the 13th year of Bunkwa (29th May, 1816) fire broke out in an unoccupied house owned by Shin-ebi-ya Kichisuké, (a brothel-keeper) at Ky�-machi it-ch�-me, and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of five years. The office of Sahei (a nanushi) at Yedo-ch� ni-ch�-me escaped the general holocaust. This conflagration spread as far as Ryūsenji-machi, Asakusa.
On the 26th day of the 1st month of the 6th year of Temp� (23rd February, 1835) fire broke out in the brothel kept by Matsugoro, Sumich�, and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of twelve years.
On the 19th day of the 10th month of the 8th year of Temp� (16th November 1837) fire broke out in the house of Gentaro (who was the father and guardian of the proprietress of a small brothel at Yedo-ch� ni-ch�-me) and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of three years. The office of nanushi Nizayemon, at Yedo-ch� it-ch�-me, and the small houses in the back alleys, were not destroyed.