The ''tenshu'' (main tower keep) of Edo castle, the tallest ever built in Japan, was among the notable buildings lost in the fire. It was never rebuilt.<ref>Christine Guth, ''Art of Edo Japan'', Yale University Press (1996), 92.</ref> | The ''tenshu'' (main tower keep) of Edo castle, the tallest ever built in Japan, was among the notable buildings lost in the fire. It was never rebuilt.<ref>Christine Guth, ''Art of Edo Japan'', Yale University Press (1996), 92.</ref> |