Edo-Tokyo Museum Collection―Life and Transportation in Edo-Tokyo

There are many different vehicles used in the city. Also, there were types of vehicle unique to the age. Vehicles can be said to express the sense of the age in the city.
And how about the people who rode on them? The further back in history we go, the more they were restricted by status and class. There were even laws to govern it. Also, with the operation of vehicles came the servants who powered them. Of course, there were the craftspeople who made the vehicles, too. By focusing on vehicles, the livelihoods of various people living in the city come into view.
From the vehicle exhibits in the Edo-Tokyo Museum collection, we see a fragment of what life was like in the city. Although we now use trains and buses that extend far into the suburbs, maybe this will make you feel that among the methods of transportation, they too have a history that is worth knowing about.