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What image do you have of Takamatsu in the Edo period? The Ikoma and Takamatsu Matsudaira families, who were the lords of the city, ruled the country with their vassals in their castles. Taking advantage of Takamatsu's geographical location, salt ・ sugar ・ and cotton were manufactured. This history of the clan government is widely known. However, it is difficult for us today to imagine what the people who lived in this area during that period actually did in their daily lives.

What were the sounds that people living in Takamatsu in the Edo period heard and smells that they felt in their daily lives, and how were the landscapes that they saw different from those of today? They must also have been different in the same period, depending on their status, occupation, and place of living. Activities in the surrounding mountains and seas must have been different from those of today. The records left behind by the people of those times provide clues to understanding these differences. This exhibition will use the archives in the museum's collection as the main source of information, and will attempt to reveal some aspects of the daily lives of the people of the Edo period. "I. A Day and a Year in Takamatsu in the Early Modern Period" introduces a day in the life of Takamatsu and its four seasons. From II, "Town," "Village," and "Environment" follow the activities of people in the Edo period in each area of Takamatsu City. In the last chapter, we will introduce how people looked at the policies of the new government and the technology and culture brought from overseas after the Meiji Restoration. We hope that this exhibition will provide visitors with an opportunity to experience daily life in the Edo period in a realistic way and to reconsider the characteristics of the Edo period as a time and a place called Takamatsu.