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Edo Museum Photos
On Sunday, April 11, 2004, my friend and I went to the Edo Museum in the Ryogoku area (Tokyo).

Sorry, the captions are from memory. Sorry for any mistakes for the captions that are incorrect.


The start of the trip. The entrance to the museum. A scale model of the Edo period royal compound.
Edo period girl toys. Edo period sento (bath).
Posters of Edo period women taking medicine. Women who gave birth during the Edo period were expected to give birth sitting down. And were expected to sit for days after the birth.
Edo bell Replication of an Edo period kiosk. Ban books from the Edo period.
Money Scale
Edo period department store Mini Mikoshi Scale model of Edo period boating.
Scale model boating village Noh mannequin 1 Noh mannequins 2
A book about Edo period prostitution. Scale model of Mikoshi carriers 1 Scale model of Mikoshi carriers 2
One of the first cars after World War ll One of the first motorcycles after World War ll
A replica of a typical home during World War ll Taxi from post World War ll Early (Brick building) bank
Sorry, I forgot what this was. Japanese Armor Edo Castle builder
A model of early Japanese slums. Before government house was built. Early government housing. End of the museum trip. Sun setting behind the building.
Statue near the Ryogoku station.