In response to this order, Kyoto Prefecture removed empty residences of the nobility around the Imperial Palace as a precaution against fires which could spread due to the close proximity of the buildings, and developed Kyoto Gyoen National Garden.
これを受け、京都府が火災延焼を防ぐため御所周辺の空家となった公家屋敷を撤去して整備したのが京都御苑の始まりである。