Edo and Kyo ～The townscape in Asia～ (Edo-Tokyo Museum)

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Located right next to the Kokugikan in Tokyo, Edo-Tokyo Museum. Exhibition to commemorate the 20th anniversary, that inside the capital, and Edo was held. Subtitle of urban landscape, in the Asia is attached.

Inside the capital, the so-called Kyoto, was made to model the capital of Tang at the time, the Changan.

The venue, all the drawings, such as Keijo Korean cities, and in Beijing, other was the capital of the Ming and Qing were exhibited. Kyoto, was a city of Asia, which is influenced by the culture of such China clearly.

However, Edo is a bit different with such China model.

For the urban model of orderly China, mainly in Edo Castle, as swirling like, Edo, has a structure of curved according to a grid system.

To not have a wall like China, there were no clear boundaries such as Namdaemun of Kyoto, with the times, Edo, began to expand to the outside gradually.

Perhaps, Rakuchu Kyoto figure is likely to have been made ​​based on Qingming Uekawa figure of China. However, in the ming Uekawa figure, to the center of town from the suburbs, without a break, was full of glory, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, the state of capital is depicted in scrupulosity.

In places, convenient cloud is floating a lot, Rakuchu Kyoto figure of Japan are not drawn only part to be the highlight Nijo Castle, Kiyomizu Temple, and Shijo Ohashi, the so-called city.

Use the how to draw Rakuchu Kyoto figure, a picture of Edo many drawn. Even there, not drawn such as Edo Castle Sensoji Temple, Asakusa, only place that represents the Edo.

If you look at the overall view of the city, Kyoto and Edo, has a structure completely different, but in such a picture, it seems that a city similar.

Not interested too much about the structure of the city, it is in a city, as a mass of buildings and facilities typical, Japanese, might have been looking at the city.

The venue, all the drawings of such city, in addition to such Rakuchu Kyoto figure, etc. armor materials letter Tripitaka that was brought from China and Korea, the Tokugawa Hidetada, Zojoji of turf, on Kan'eiji of Ueno, the samurai, many items reminiscent of the Edo period was exhibited.

Overall, the exhibition, felt to be lacking in unity, as the planning of the 20th anniversary of opening, it was a lousy little content.