Edo Era II
THE DROWNED WARD
Edo Era II survives below the waterline: machiya roofs, cedar causeways, black floodwater and lanterns still burning above streets that no longer belong to the living.
Visual language
What the ward is made of
Every plate answers to the same materials. Wet cedar, black water, physical lanterns, moonless night.
Half-submerged machiya
Townhouse rooflines break the waterline. The floors beneath them are gone, not abandoned.
Cedar causeways
Elevated timber walkways carry what is left of the ward above standing water.
Black floodwater
Still, moonless, opaque. It holds the ward and everything the ward stopped counting.
Lanterns in reflection
Physical lanterns burn above the causeways and double, amber and unbroken, in the water below.
Wet stone and timber
Every surface is soaked. Weight, grip and silence are the working conditions.
Geography
A working map
The ward is mapped before it is shot: elevation, access, water level and what still holds weight.
Elevation decides everything in the drowned ward. Rooflines that break the surface are landmarks, causeways are the only reliable routes, and the water level sets what can be reached on any given night. EPISODE 01 works a single recovery site inside that geography and never leaves it.