"What is this?"
I breathe in front of the work that connects with zuzui in front of me.
About 200 years ago. A picture scroll that shows the streets of Edo in 1805 (2nd year of culture).
It is "Heedai Shoran".
The main street from Kanda Imagawa Bridge, the center of Edo in Hana, to Nihonbashi, overlooking Fuji in the distance.
The hustle and bustle of the streets are overlapping Machiya, the noise of people coming and going.
It seems to be transmitted to the smell of life.
The detailed description of the main street spreads in a long space unique to emakimono.
This picture scroll is housed at the National Museum of Asian Art in Berlin, and displays reproductions that are 1.4 times larger than the real one.
The place is the Nihonbashi Sanzen Echizen Concourse. Right next to the ticket gate of "Mitsukoshimae Station" on the subway Ginza Line and Hanzomon Line. In terms of the ground entrance number, it is between A3 and A5.
"What is this power?"
In 1805, the general of the time was Ienari Tokugawa.
A shining scene of culture and Bunsei, which can be said to be the mature period of Edo culture.
An overwhelming flow of people. A number of long-established stores that remain today.
You are drawn into the expressions and gestures of the people who are drawn.
I feel like I'm walking in the gorgeousness of the town of Edo.
Animals include dogs, cats, horses, cows, one monkey and two hawks.
Why don't you look for a monkey and a hawk as a clue to see the picture scroll?
We will return to the ground and look at the streets 200 years from now.
From Nihonbashi, walk along Chuo-dori toward JR Kanda Station.
Imagawa Bridge does not exist at present because the former Ryukan River has been reclaimed.
Instead, "Imagawa Bridge Origin" is set up in front of HONMA GOLF.
From here, let's look back on the Nihonbashi area.
What kind of impression does the scenery of the town appear in the eyes walking in the picture scroll?
