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EnglishEdition

Oct. 15 Fri. 2021 No.23

SPECIAL EXHIBITION:

Jomon 2021

— Jomon people who lived in Tokyo —Combining the characteristics ofclay figurines from the foot of
the Yatsugatake Mountains withthe beauty of their forms
National treasure Dogu ( “Jomon Venus” )Chino City, Nagano (entrusted to Chino City
Togariishi Museum of Jomon Archaeology)
Exhibition period: October 19 - November 14(planned)

Structure of the Exhibition(tentative)
Prologue
Section 1
The History of Jomon Site
Excavation in Tokyo
Section 2
Considering Tokyo
in the Jomon Period
Section 3
Jomon Period Lifeways
Section 4
The Future of Archaeology
Epilogue

The Jomon period lasted for over 10,000years. How did the Jomon-period people live
during that long expanse of time? TheEdo-Tokyo Museum is delighted to mountthis exhibition on their ways of life, thefoundations and the origins of Edo andTokyo lifestyles and culture, with the focus
on the lifeways of the Jomon people in what
is now Tokyo.
Our museum has, thus far, restored andrecreated various aspects of lifestyles andculture in Edo and Tokyo, based on historicalmaterials. Building on those achievements,we now present a reconstruction of Jomon
life, based on the results of the latest studies.
How and where were the Jomon-period
artifacts those studies have unearthed used?
By using restorations and models of living
spaces and tools as well as videos and othermeans, we have reproduced, in detail, how
the Jomon people lived.
It has been thirty-five years since a largescale exhibition on the Jomon period in theTokyo area has been held. The previous
exhibition, Archeological Sites of Tokyo, 2,
was held in February, 1986, at the Sony
Building in the Ginza, by the Tokyo
Metropolitan Board of Education. This newexhibition gives a sense of Tokyo as it was in
the Jomon period and offers opportunities todiscover new ways to enjoy archeology.

Saturday, October 9 to Sunday,
December 5, 2021
Special Exhibition Gallery, 1F

101 Dogu Unearthed — Offering insights into the social context of the villages inwhich so many dogu have been preserved (only part on display)
Tokyo Designated Tangible Cultural Properties

Dogu
Clay figurines excavated from Site No. 9, Tama New Town, mid Jomon periodTokyo Metropolitan Board of Education CollectionHighlights, 3Tools Communicate the Jomon Touch
These tools were made of clay, stone, bone, or other materials. Tools formed of various
materials show us something of people’s simple lives and their living in harmony withnature. How were they made? Why do they take these forms? Be sure to enjoy boththeir practical and their artistic qualities.

Highlights, 4A Hot Topic: The History of Jomon Excavations in Tokyo
Through the six sections of this exhibition, visitors can not only learn about the livesof the Jomon people who resided in Tokyo but also learn about the future ofarchaeology from the history of Jomon excavations here.
(Tahara Noboru, Curator)

Related EventsThe Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum will be holding a special exhibition, JOMON2021—
Jomon Lives and Buildings, concurrently with this exhibition. A full-scale Jomon-period pit dwelling
will be on display !
For details, see the Museum website. https://www.tatemonoen.jp/

Regional Exchanges Connecting Distant Places,
Ornaments made of jade from Itoigawa
Large jade pendants

Information

Excavated from Site No. 72, Tama New Town; mid Jomon periodTokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Collection

Days Closed: Mondays

Highlights, 1
Welcome to the Jomon Zone
Models Provide an Intricate View of Jomon Lives
One of the delights of our permanent exhibitons on the fifth and sixth floors are themodels that recreate lifestyles in Edo and Tokyo. The Jomon exhibition, in the Special
Exhibition Gallery on the first floor, features two models of Jomon-period villages.
After you experience the living spaces of that day, why not compare them with theexperience presented by the models in the Edo-Tokyo Zones in the permanentexhibition area.

Highlights, 2
A Hundred-Plus Dogu Hint at Jomon People’s Appearance
The Jomon was a time with neither photographs nor portrait paintings. Still, the Jomon
left us with images of themselves through dogu, clay figurines, and domen, clay faces(ornaments or masks). Here we present a hundred plus dogu that have survived all theseyears. Their expressions convey a sense of people’s feelings back in the Jomon period.

Opening hours: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm *Admission until 30 minutes before close* Items on display may change during the exhibition.
* Depending on the situation of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the session, closed days, opening hours, admissionfee, and various discount services may change.

Organized by: Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, The Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-TokyoMuseum, The Asahi Shimbun, NHK, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan Arts Council
With the Special Cooperation of: National Museum of Japanese History Inter-University ResearchInstitute Corporation National Institutes for the Humanities; Tokyo Sport Benefits Corporation; TOKYOMETROPOLITAN ARCHAELOGICAL CENTER
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Admission fee (incl. tax)

Adult
University/college students
Middle and high school students. Seniors 65+
Tokyo middle and elementary school students

Special exhibition only
¥1,300 (¥1,040)¥1,040 (¥830)¥650 (¥520)¥650 (¥520)

Special and permanent exhibition¥1,520 (¥1,210)¥1,210 (¥960)¥760 (¥600)
NoneNotes• Fees in parentheses are for groups of twenty or more.
• The admission fee is free in the following cases. Preschool children. Anyone who has a physical disability certificate,
intellectual disability certificate, rehabilitation certificate, mental health and welfare certificate, or an official designation as
an atomic bomb survivor, as well as their attending caregivers (up to two people).
• There is no special exhibition & permanent exhibition ticket for elementary school students and junior high school
students who live or study in Tokyo because the permanent exhibition admission fee is free for them.
• For changes to opening hours and Silver Day opening, please check our website.
• To ease congestion, admission to this exhibition requires prior reservations. We ask that visitors reserve a date and time
before coming to the museum. (Advance tickets are not on sale.) The sale of designated date and time entry tickets isscheduled to begin three weeks before the exhibition opens. For details, see the museum website.

From the Permanent Exhibition Area

Featured Exhibition

Memories of the City:

Saturday, September 18 to Sunday,
December 5, 2021
Permanent Exhibition,
5th Floor Feature Exhibition Room

A Thirty Thousand Year History of Tokyo*Items on display may change during the exhibition.

Steam Locomotive along the Takanawa Coast in Tokyo
Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1871
Exhibition period: Saturday, September 18 – Sunday, October 24

Since opening in 1993, the Edo-Tokyo Museum has served as a place to reflect on thehistory and culture of Edo and Tokyo and to consider the city’s future, including
residents’ lifestyles. In April, 2022, however, major renovations will begin. Before ourmuseum temporarily closes, we would like to look back on the course of the 30,000
years of Tokyo history.
Prologue:
Fragments of “History” Revived inthe Modern Times
1. From the Paleolithic Period tothe Kofun Period: The Power to Create andthe Innovative Means for Living
2. From the Nara to the Kamakura Period:
The Musashi Province and the Emergence ofthe Samurai Class
3. From the Nanbokuchō to the Sengoku Period:
The Founding of Edo
4. The Edo Period:
The City’s Growth into a Megalopolis
5. From Meiji to the Present:
Tokyo as a Capital of a Modern State
Epilogue:
Building a Future in Harmony with “History”

Sword Shaped Haniwa fromthe Kannonzuka Tumulus

Kofun period
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Visitor Information
Please visit our website for the latest
information.
Hours
9 : 30 - 17 : 30 [Saturdays 9 : 30 - 19 : 30](Last admission 30 minutes before closing.)

Evening hours on Saturday have been cancelled
for the time being, due to the novel coronavirus(COV ID-19) pandemic.

ClosedMondays (When Monday is a nationalholiday, the next business day)Year-End and New Year Holiday

Admission for Permanent Exhibition
IndividualGroup(20 and over)

Adults￥600￥480

Students*

￥480

￥380

Ages 65 and over

￥300

￥240

Junior high** andhigh school students

￥300

￥240

Today’s Tokyo has been formed through a history
going back thousands, indeed tens of thousands, ofyears. Traces of humans living here go back to thePaleolithic period, more than 30,000 years ago. It ishard to imaging such a long past, but sites revealing
how people lived then and the nature of theirsocieties have been discovered in the course of urban
development, and rare materials handed down overthe generations have helped to clarify that history.
The Takanawa-Chikutei railway embankment wasdiscovered near the Takanawa Gateway Station, anew station on the Yamanote Line. That embankmentis the remains of the route constructed for Japan’s firstrailway. The stone embankment built in order to lay
the tracks over the water was excavated and fouond to be in its original state, as indepictions of the route created at the time.
Between natural disasters, war, and repeated urban development efforts, Tokyo hasconstantly changed, yet efforts are being made, while reconsidering the value ofhistoric buildings and other structures and places that tell the history of their sites, topreserve and utilize them. If we look at today’s Tokyo, we can see a city that continues
to develop while coexisting with long-loved famous places and new landmarks such as
Zojoji Temple, famed as the mortuary temple of the Tokugawa shogun clan, andTokyo Tower, which soars over it.
(Tsuda Hiroko, Curator)

Roof-tiles from the Kokubunji Temple in Musashi Province
Nara period

Getting HereFree Admission to Permanent
Exhibition
Pre-school and elementary school children
Junior high school students who are residents ofTokyo
Those in personal possession of disability certi
ficates, mental disability, psychiatric disability
protection and atomic bombsurvivor chart
holder s up on show i n g of t he do c u ment
(documentary proof of age also required) andtheir two custodians

Silver Day
Cancelled for the time being, due to the novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Family Day
Cancelled for the time being, due to the novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
* Includes university and vocational college students** Free admission for junior high school students
resident or studying in Tokyo

From Airports
Keikyu Line

HanedaAirportAbout 15
minutesTokyo Monorail
About 20
minutes
Skyliner
About 36
minutes

NaritaAirportNarita Express
About 50
minutes

Shinagawa
StationHamamatsucho Station
NipporiStationTokyoStation

Yamanote Line /Keihin-tohoku Line
About 16 minutes
Yamanote Line /Keihin-tohoku Line
About 11 minutes
Yamanote Line /Keihin-tohoku Line

Akihabara
Station

About4 minutes

About 8 minutes
Yamanote Line /Keihin-tohoku Line
About 4 minutes* All times from Narita Airport are from “Narita Airport Terminal 2・3 (Airport Terminal 2) Station”.

by Train by Subway
3-minute walk from West Exit of
Ryogoku Station, JR Sobu Line
1-minute walk from A3 or A4 Exit of
R y o g o k u S t a t i o n ( E d o -To k y o
Hakubutsukan-mae), Toei Subway
O-Edo Line

RyogokuStation