—Previously the Musashino Folklore Museum occupied this site—

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  Musashino Folklore Museum
  （1954～1991）

  

  Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum（1993～）

  　The Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum opened on March 28, 1993 as an annex to the Edo-Tokyo Museum and celebrates its 33rd year this year. Throughout this time, since its opening the museum has continued to carry out activities aimed at passing on precious cultural heritage to future generations.
  　Prior to the Open Air Architectural Museum being built, this site was home to the Musashino Folklore Museum, a museum whose theme was the history of Musashino from protohistoric and ancient times up to modern and current times. This Folklore Museum ceased operating as a museum in 1991, but the Open Air Architectural Museum inherited its many precious materials, beginning with reconstructed buildings and including items relating to archeology, folk customs, history, art, and books. The Open Air Architectural Museum has continued to work to organize and preserve these materials, and as occasion demands, to make them available to the public as items in its collection.
  　In this exhibition we present archeological materials such as clay earring (final-stage Jōmon period, excavated from the Shimofuda archaeological site in Chofu City, nationally designated Important Cultural Property), along with folklore and art materials relating to livelihoods and lifestyles, religious beliefs, and entertainment that were gathered by the Musashino Folklore Museum. We introduce the history of the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum and its continued efforts to preserve and pass on cultural assets, even as the facility has changed, through the items left behind by the Musashino Folklore Museum.

  Exhibition Overview:

  Foreword: Previously the Musashino Folklore Museum occupied this site

  Chapter 1: Archaeological materials gathered by the Musashino Folklore Museum

  Chapter 2: Folklore materials gathered by the Musashino Folklore Museum

  Related Events:

  Museum Talks

  Highlights of “History and Folklore of Musashino”

  Date and Time: July 26 (Sat.), October 25 (Sat.) From 14:30
  *October 25 (Sat.) will include Japanese sign language interpretation
  Curator: Haruka Maruyama

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  1. Inuhariko Papier-mâché Dog Figurine (Taitō City)
  2. Wheat Threshing Stand (Sōka City, Saitama Prefecture) *partial
  3. Mailable Rice Scoop *partial
  4. Sue Ware Flat Bottle (Yamazaki Cave Tomb) Kofun Period
  5. Clay Earring (Excavated from the Shimofuda Archaeological Site in Chofu City) Final-stage Jomon Period *nationally designated Important Cultural Property
  6-7. Illustrations of Occupations from the Series “Clothing, Food, and Shelter” for Children (circa 1873) *partial
  8. Sword-shaped Haniwa Terracotta Tomb Figurine (Excavated from the Kannonzuka Burial Mound) Late Kofun Period *partial
  9. Imado Clay Figurine of the Maneki-Neko (Taitō City)
  10. Loam Layer Specimen (with Excavated Obsidian) (Eexcavated from the Moro Archaeological Site) Paleolithic Period *Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural
  11. Earthenware Jar (Excavated from the Archaeological Site Within Asukayama Park) Yayoi Period
  12. Itabi (Monument) With “Amidaisson” written in Bijakshara (Seed Syllables) (Underground Horizontal Chamber at Private Residence in Musashino City) Muromachi Period
  13. Lamp
  14. Bedside Paper Covered Lamp Stand
  15. Small Ema: "Praying Women"
  16. A Comparison of Craftsmanship: Carriage Maker (1879)
  All from the collection of the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum