Great fire of Fujiwara-kyō

Name: Great fire of Fujiwara-kyō
Start: 0711-01-01
End: 0711-12-31
Location: Nara Prefecture

Event · fire · 711 · Nara Prefecture, Japan

After the capital moved to Heijō-kyō in 710, a great fire swept through the abandoned city of Fujiwara in 711 and destroyed many of its buildings1. Mason 2005, pp. 44–45, 60–61. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.