Time keeping in the Edo period
I read about this a while ago (and then completely forgot about it). The change of seasons had got me thinking about it again. There are probably plenty of people here that know about this system but it was news to me. I thought it's a refreshing way to c...
If I'm not mistaken....
I remember seeing a few timepieces posted here which utilized this form of time measurement....
Yes. So searching "wadokei" on this site turns up some interesting info.
This is a very interesting rabbit hole.
You’re looking for Masahiro Kikuno.
And his Wadokei watches. Been following him for more than a decade. The Wadokei is a watch I would like to own some day, although not sure how possible that might be.
No idea about the Hibachi-looking one...
but the other one sure looks like a sun-dial to me too.
The Hibachi looking one is a mystery but google lensed it and found this
1850 Shumisengi The Shumisengi astronomical clock was constructed by Toshiba's founder Hisashige Tanaka, a prolific inventor who came to be known as "Karakuri Giemon," or the "Thomas Edison in the East," in his later years. The clock in the body shows tim...