Genji era (1864–1865), began on August 20, 1864 ( Genji 1, 19th day of the 7th month), as an unintended consequence of the Kinmon Incident. Select list of municipal fires Fires other than the major ones are also identified by the Japanese era name or nengō in which the disaster developed. June 8, 976 (Ten'en 2, 11th day of the 5th month): The Imperial Palace burned down; and the Sacred Mirror was blackened to such an extent that it reflected no light. December 31, 980 (Tengen 3, 22nd day of the 11th month): The Imperial Palace burned down; and the Sacred Mirror was half destroyed. December 5, 982 (Tengen 5, 17th day of the 11th month): The Imperial Palace burned down; and the Sacred Mirror was reduced to a lump of melted metal which was collected and presented to the emperor. 1148 (Kyūan 4, 6th month): The imperial palace was consumed by flames. May 27, 1177 (Jishō 1, 28th day of the 4th month): A great fire in the capital was spread by high winds; and the palace was reduced to cinders. 1361 (Kōan 1, 6th month): Snowfall was unusually heavy; and there was also a disastrous fire in Kyoto as well as a violent earthquake. April 2, 1620 (Genna 6, 30th day of the 2nd month): A severe fire in Kyoto. April 6, 1620 (Genna 6, 4th day of the 3rd month): More fires in Kyoto. 1673 (Enpō 1): There was a major fire in Kyoto. Residents of Kyoto and later historians of the period also called this the fire of the first year of Enpō. 1675 (Enpō 3): There was a significant fire in Kyoto. It was called the fire of the third year of Enpō. Notes References Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Jien, c. 1220], Gukanshō (The Future and the Past, a translation and study of the Gukanshō, an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219). Berkeley: University of California Press. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1931). Kyoto: Its History and Vicissitudes Since its Foundation in 792 to 1868. Hong Kong: Rumford Press. __. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. __. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887 Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. (cloth); (electronic) Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: