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Edo-Tokyo Museum

The Edo-Tokyo Museum is a historical museum located at 1-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida-Ku, Tokyo in the Ryogoku district. The museum opened in March 1993 to preserve Edo's cultural heritage, and features city models of Edo and Tokyo between 1590 and 1964. It was the first museum built dedicated to the history of Tokyo. Some main features of the permanent exhibitions are the life-size replica of the Nihonbashi, which was the b…

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1993

Yokoami, Yokoami, Japan

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Historical museum in Tokyo, Japan

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Kiyonori Kikutake

1928-2011 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Kiyonori Kikutake was a prominent Japanese architect known as one of the founders of the Japanese Metabolist group. He was also the tutor and employer of several important Japanese architects, such as Toyo Ito, Shōzō Uchii and Itsuko Hasegawa.

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Kiyonori Kikutake Architect and Associates

practice · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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