he resided temporarily in fushimi due to a spreading fire in january , 1788 and then built new home in kyoto in the fall of 1790 . 天明8年1月、類焼の難に遭って伏見に仮寓し、寛政2年秋、京都に新居を設けた。
the uchiwa fan used for fire fighting was a large fan given a coat of lacquer or other materials , by which people made a wind and fanned the sparks away to block the spreading fire . 消防用の団扇は、扇部に漆を塗るなどした大団扇で、これをあおぎ火の粉を払い類焼を防いだ。
" shoku nihongi " (chronicles of japan continued ) said that the west tower was burnt down by lightning in 780 and several temples were also destroyed in the spreading fire . 『続日本紀』によれば宝亀11年（780年）の落雷で西塔が焼失し、いくつかの堂宇が延焼している。
it is said that the word ' dondon ' comes from the appearance of the quickly spreading fire or the sound of gunfire because the fire broke out in the kinmon incident . 「どんどん」とは見る間にどんどん焼け広がったさまとも、禁門の変に乗じて発生したことから鉄砲の音から名付けられたとも伝えられる。
in april 1829 , he had his house burned by a spreading fire and further underwent as a guarantor a relative ' s default , but he was a dissolute and unruly man with eccentric behavior , who got hooked on wine and women . 文政12年3月には、大火による類焼で家を失った上、縁者の保証倒れにも見舞われる英泉であったが、酒と女を愛す放蕩無頼の人、奇行めいた人である。
