A history of time in Japan : journey into Japanese history and culture throgh urban cloks / Shuko Ueno.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: Tokyo : Clock Culture Research Center : 1999Distributor: NTT Media Scope, distributor, 1999Edition: 1st editionDescription: 96 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 4872210786
  • 9784872210781
Uniform titles:
  • "Toki" no hyōjō. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS543.J3 U4613 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000039863

Includes bibliographical references.

31560000039863 7524

A 96 npage english language synopsis (full text miniture illustrations of the 290 page japanes book by the same title. Explores the public clocks of Japan and their history, including sundials waterclocks and historic belltowers, drumtowers and cannons to convey time signals as well as monumental clocks up to the present.

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