Traditional Japanese music @ Edo-Tokyo Museum (江戸東京博物館), Tokyo (東京), Japan (日本)

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Two artists play traditional Japanese music at the Edo-Tokyo Museum (江戸東京博物館/Edo Tōkyō Hakubutsukan) in Tokyo (東京), Japan (日本) on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015.

© 2016 Sanjib Dutta

Established in 1993, the Edo-Tokyo Museum displays the history of Tokyo during the Edo (江戸) period. The main features of the permanent exhibitions include a life-size replica of the Nihonbashi (日本橋, meaning Japan Bridge), which was the bridge leading into Edo; the Nakamuraza (中村座) theater; and scale models of towns and buildings from the Edo, Meiji (明治時代) and Shōwa (昭和時代) periods. The museum is adjacent to the Ryōgoku Kokugikan (両国国技館). It was designed by Kiyonori Kikutake (菊竹 清訓). The distinctive elevated shape of the museum building is modeled after an old storehouse in the kurazukuri (蔵造り) style.

The Edo period (江戸時代/Edo jidai) or Tokugawa period (徳川時代/Tokugawa jidai) is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo (大名).

Address: 1-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan

The museum is located about five minutes walk from Ryogoku Station (両国駅, Ryōgoku-eki).

Website: http://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/en/