After the conflagration in the Meireki era (1655 - 1658), many arsonists and burglars appeared in Edo.
明暦の大火以後、放火犯に加えて盗賊が江戸に多く現れた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
The duties were instruction of gunnery, production, preservation and repair of guns as well as elimination of wild boars and wolves and to arrest robbers and arsonists.
砲術の教授、鉄砲の製作、保存、修理を主な任務とし、イノシシやオオカミの打ち払い、火付や盗賊の逮捕にもあたった。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
On August 3, OYAKE no Takatori, the Gon no shisho (an assistant doing miscellaneous duties about documents) of Bicchu Province, came forth claiming that the arsonists of Otenmon gate were TOMO no Yoshio and his son TOMO no Nakatsune.
8月3日、備中国権史生の大宅鷹取が応天門の放火の犯人は伴善男とその子伴中庸であると訴え出る。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス