On the 5th day of the 12th month of the 2nd year of K�kwa (2nd January, 1846) fire broke out in a brothel kept by Kawatsuya Tetsugoro, at Ky�-machi ni-ch�-me, and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of nine years. The office of Nanushi Sahei at Yedo-ch�, ni-ch�-me, that of nanushi Niyemon at Yedo-ch� it-ch�-me, and that of nanushi Rokuroyemon at Ky�-machi it-ch�-me, however, were not destroyed.
On the 2nd day of the 10th month of the 2nd year of Ansei (11th November, 1855) a destructive earthquake occurred, and all the houses in the Yoshiwara were demolished by shaking or burning after an interval of eleven years. Numerous lives were lost.
On the 29th day of the 9th month of the 1st year of Manen (12th November, 1860) fire broke out in the house of Kinoji-ya Tetsujir� (at the kashi in Yedo-ch� ni-ch�-me) and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of six years. The house of nanushi Jinshiro, at Ky�-machi, it-ch�-me, was saved.
On the 14th day of the 11th month of the 2nd year of Bunkyū (3rd January, 1863) fire broke out in the house of Shimidzu-ya Seisuké (Ky�-machi, it-ch�-me) and the Yoshiwara was burnt after an interval of three years. The fire spread to Gojikken-machi. The houses of nanushi Jinshiro and of Kaneko Hambei (at Ky�-machi it-ch�-me) were saved.
On the 26th day of the 1st month of the 1st year of Genji (5th March, 1864), after an interval of three years, fire broke out in the store-house of a brothel (Ōguchi-ya Bunzayemon) of Yedo-ch� it-ch�-me, and all the houses in that street were burnt. The brothels on the creek-side of Ageya-ch� were saved, and also some houses in Ky�machi it-ch�-me. On the 23rd day of the 9th month of the same year (23rd October, 1864) fire broke out in a tobacconist’s shop in Yedo-ch� it-ch�-me, and six houses were destroyed.
On the 11th day of the 11th month of the 2nd year of Kei-� (17th December, 1866) after a lapse of three years, fire broke out in a small brothel named Ō-Masu-ya (in Yedo-ch� it-ch�-me) and a portion of the Yoshiwara was burnt.
On the 28th day of the 5th month of the 4th year of Meiji (28th May, 1871) fire broke out in a paper-dealer’s store, named Sanya Matsugoro, (in Kita Fushimi-ch�) and the greater part of the Yoshiwara was burnt. The houses along the creek at Yedo-ch� it-ch�-me, Ageya-ch�, and Ky�machi it-ch�-me were saved, as was also the “Kado-ebi.�
On the 11th day of the 11th month of the 6th year of Meiji (11th November, 1873) fire broke out in the house occupied by Kobayashi-ya Rui, No. 25 Ky�-machi ni-ch�-me, and this street, and Yedo-ch� ni-ch�-me, were completely demolished. In the vicinity of the Ō-mon two tea-houses (the “Ōmori-ya� and “Yagata-ya�) only were saved. Some houses in Tamachi ni-ch�-me, Yama-no-shiku, and Sh�den Yokoch�, were burnt in consequence of being set on fire by flying sparks.
On the 12th day of the 12th month of the 8th year of Meiji, at noon (12th December, 1875) fire broke out in the kitchen of the house of Nakamura Ch�bei (Sano Tsuchi-ya) No. 25, Yedo-ch�, it-ch�-me, and in consequence Yedo-ch�, it-ch�-me and ni-ch�-me, Sumich�, Ageya-machi, and Ky�-machi it-ch�-me and ni-ch�-me were burnt. Besides these the fire destroyed some houses in other parts of the Yoshiwara.