Looking at Edo Tokyo
Looking at Edo Tokyo
In this museum we are forced back to the old days when Tokyo was called Edo. We can feel the atmosphere of life in the era of the leadership of the shoguns.
We are in the Nihonbashi bridge, one of the important icons that mark changes in Tokyo in the Edo period. Nihonbashi is also a major commercial district in the Edo period. It is only a replica of the Nihonbashi bridge on display at the Edo-Tokyo Museum, The bridge was to take visitors to enter the atmosphere of an important period in the history of Japan, Edo period (1603-1868).
With the help of dioramas we can imagine wooden boats pass under the bridge connecting the two regions separated river. Wooden houses roofed shingle lined on both sides of the river with the windows closed thin curtain.
In contrast to the houses of the rulers in the Edo period were large and spacious with plenty of room, the homes of ordinary people and simple coincident with each other. Look for example at the residence of the rulers of the early Edo era, Matsudara Tadamasa wide and surrounded by gardens.
Pomp increasingly looks striking at Honmaru and Ninomaru Palace complex located within Edo castle at the end of the Tokugawa rule. With a floor area reaching 37 597 square meters, Honmaru Palace, built around 1845, is the largest wooden building in the Edo period.
In that period, Nihonbashi has an important role as a trade area. Mitsui family first became a driving force in this region by selling kimono from door to door, until finally able to establish a trade center that accommodates a wide range of goods.
From there Nihonbashi neighborhood has grown increasingly rapidly and become one of the economic pillars in Tokyo. Some of the buildings which currently stands at around Nihonbashi Bridge is the Bank of Japan that the European architecture and the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Besides exhibited at the Edo-Tokyo Museum, a replica of the Nihonbashi bridge also exhibited at Toei Kyoto Studio Park, Kyoto.
Edo society
Edo-Tokyo Museum or also known as Edo Tokyo District Hakubutsukan located in Ryogoku, Tokyo. Museum, which opened in March 1993 can be achieved with a train journey from Ryogoku Station.
The museum is divided up seven floors. In addition to the showroom also has an audio-visual room and library. If lucky, we can see that regular sumo matches held in one of the rooms. Unfortunately, when the group of the Japan Foundation Jakarta visit there last November, the match schedule was empty.
Downstairs, we can enjoy various track record of community life in the Edo period with more detail and presented in comparison scale as the original.
We can peek Edo tradition in the process of birth which requires the mother gave birth in a sitting position. Or what carpentry work practices to process wood material that is very popular at that time, namely Edo sashimono.
This work requires skill and perseverance remarkable because the resulting product must be accurate. Edo sashiomono known by the simple design, but has a strong structure. Until now, Edo sashimono a reference of Japanese society in producing various wooden products.
There are also a variety of Japanese-style washing techniques such as araihari, itabari and shinshibori are each used in different types of fabrics.
Itabari techniques are much simpler when compared with araihari and shinshibori, be the technique most widely used and popular to this day. Itabari technique is washing technique using a flat board having a surface width.
End the era of the Edo period marked by a society that increasingly advanced. One of them is characterized by the presence of printing and book stores. Story spanning this museum could be a provision beginning before we explore the corners of the Tokyo metropolis.
Looking at Edo Tokyo
In this museum we are forced back to the old days when Tokyo was called Edo. We can feel the atmosphere of life in the era of the leadership of the shoguns.
We are in the Nihonbashi bridge, one of the important icons that mark changes in Tokyo in the Edo period. Nihonbashi is also a major commercial district in the Edo period. It is only a replica of the Nihonbashi bridge on display at the Edo-Tokyo Museum, The bridge was to take visitors to enter the atmosphere of an important period in the history of Japan, Edo period (1603-1868).
With the help of dioramas we can imagine wooden boats pass under the bridge connecting the two regions separated river. Wooden houses roofed shingle lined on both sides of the river with the windows closed thin curtain.
In contrast to the houses of the rulers in the Edo period were large and spacious with plenty of room, the homes of ordinary people and simple coincident with each other. Look for example at the residence of the rulers of the early Edo era, Matsudara Tadamasa wide and surrounded by gardens.
Pomp increasingly looks striking at Honmaru and Ninomaru Palace complex located within Edo castle at the end of the Tokugawa rule. With a floor area reaching 37 597 square meters, Honmaru Palace, built around 1845, is the largest wooden building in the Edo period.
In that period, Nihonbashi has an important role as a trade area. Mitsui family first became a driving force in this region by selling kimono from door to door, until finally able to establish a trade center that accommodates a wide range of goods.
From there Nihonbashi neighborhood has grown increasingly rapidly and become one of the economic pillars in Tokyo. Some of the buildings which currently stands at around Nihonbashi Bridge is the Bank of Japan that the European architecture and the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Besides exhibited at the Edo-Tokyo Museum, a replica of the Nihonbashi bridge also exhibited at Toei Kyoto Studio Park, Kyoto.
Edo society
Edo-Tokyo Museum or also known as Edo Tokyo District Hakubutsukan located in Ryogoku, Tokyo. Museum, which opened in March 1993 can be achieved with a train journey from Ryogoku Station.
The museum is divided up seven floors. In addition to the showroom also has an audio-visual room and library. If lucky, we can see that regular sumo matches held in one of the rooms. Unfortunately, when the group of the Japan Foundation Jakarta visit there last November, the match schedule was empty.
Downstairs, we can enjoy various track record of community life in the Edo period with more detail and presented in comparison scale as the original.
We can peek Edo tradition in the process of birth which requires the mother gave birth in a sitting position. Or what carpentry work practices to process wood material that is very popular at that time, namely Edo sashimono.
This work requires skill and perseverance remarkable because the resulting product must be accurate. Edo sashiomono known by the simple design, but has a strong structure. Until now, Edo sashimono a reference of Japanese society in producing various wooden products.
There are also a variety of Japanese-style washing techniques such as araihari, itabari and shinshibori are each used in different types of fabrics.
Itabari techniques are much simpler when compared with araihari and shinshibori, be the technique most widely used and popular to this day. Itabari technique is washing technique using a flat board having a surface width.
End the era of the Edo period marked by a society that increasingly advanced. One of them is characterized by the presence of printing and book stores. Story spanning this museum could be a provision beginning before we explore the corners of the Tokyo metropolis.
Looking at Edo Tokyo
Looking at Edo Tokyo
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