# Daimyo Clock Museum > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daimyo_Clock_Museum > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daimyo_Clock_Museum.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimyo_Clock_Museum > Source revision: 1342906413 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Community-run museum in Yanaka, Tokyo, Japan}} [[File:Kamiguchi Guro.jpg|thumb|Guro Kamiguchi, collector of [Japanese clock](/source/Japanese_clock)s]] thumb|Japanese incense clock, Daimyo Clock Museum, Tokyo thumb|Japanese clock, Daimyo Clock Museum, Tokyo The '''Daimyo Clock Museum''' (大名時計博物館) is a small community-run museum in [Yanaka](/source/Yanaka%2C_Tokyo) 2-chōme, [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo). The museum was established in 1972 to display [Japanese clock](/source/Japanese_clock)s from the [Edo period](/source/Edo_period) collected by Sakujiro (known as "Guro") Kamiguchi (1892–1970).{{cite web |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/09/28/national/clock-museum-shows-passage-of-time/#.W2s7pN_TWf0 |title=Clock Museum Shows Passage of Time |last=Wijers-Hasegawa |first=Yumi |date=28 September 2002 |website=The Japan Times |publisher=The Japan Times|access-date=8 August 2018 }}{{cite book|author1=Tom Flannigan|author2=Ellen Flannigan|title=Tokyo Museum Guide: A Complete Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GjLRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT123|date=17 July 2012|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-1-4629-0424-2|page=123}} ==Origin of the Museum collection== Sakujiro Kamiguchi owned a highly unusual log cabin shop which sold western clothing. The shop became known locally as "Grotesque", and this was the origin of Kamiguchi's nickname, "Guro". Kamiguchi had many interests, including pottery. He first became interested in Japanese clocks when he came across an English-made watch with an attached [sundial](/source/sundial) in a local shop.{{cite book |last=Judge |first=Thomas |date=November 1985 |title=Daimyo Clock Museum |location=Tokyo |publisher=Daimyo Clock Museum |pages=10–11}} Kamiguchi realised the unique cultural importance of daimyo clocks: :"Because the [Tokugawa ''shōguns''](/source/Tokugawa_shogunate) closed the country, a pure Japanese-style clock was created. Like the [ukiyoe woodblock prints](/source/Ukiyo-e), the importance of these clocks was recognised abroad, and the clocks have been bought up at cut-rate prices and taken away from the country right up to the time of the [Great Kanto Earthquake](/source/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake). Now it won't be long before a Japanese scholar wishing to research the development of these clocks will be reduced to visiting foreign collections." In 1951, Kamiguchi established the Kamiguchi Japanese Clock Preservation Society, and gifted his collection to it. After his death in 1970, his son Hitoshi Kamiguchi became President of the Society and opened the museum in April 1972. ==Exhibits== ''[Daimyō](/source/Daimy%C5%8D)s'' ('great lords') were the feudal aristocracy of Japan in the [Edo period](/source/Edo_period) and they were the only people who could afford expensive timepieces.{{cite web |url=http://www.asakusaguide.jp/funky/column02.html |title=The Daimyo Clock Museum |last=Madumarala |first=Sae |website=From Asakusa to Asakusa |publisher=www.asakusaguide.jp |access-date=17 September 2017 |archive-date=4 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504151104/http://www.asakusaguide.jp/funky/column02.html |url-status=dead }} The museum displays mechanical clocks, sundials and [incense clock](/source/incense_clock)s previously owned by daimyo families. There are around 50 pieces on display from the collection's total of some 200 items, in a single 83 square metre room. The museum's labels are all in Japanese only, though an English-language pamphlet explaining the [traditional Japanese timekeeping system](/source/Japanese_clock) is also available.{{cite book|author=Sue Thompson|title=Tokyo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=143W5XbACSsC&pg=PA48|date=February 2007|publisher=New Holland Publishers|isbn=978-1-84537-650-5|pages=48–49}} Photography is not permitted. ==Access== The nearest metro station is [Nezu](/source/Nezu_Station) on the [Chiyoda Line](/source/Chiyoda_Line). The nearest Japan Rail station is [Nippori](/source/Nippori_Station).{{cite web |url=http://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-museums-art-galleries/daimyo-clock-museum |title=Daimyo Clock Museum|author= |website=Japan Visitor |publisher=Japan Tourist Info |access-date=17 September 2017 }} ==External links== * [http://www.jcwa.or.jp/en/info/resourcecenter.html Other clock museums in Japan (Japan Clock and Watch Association)] * [http://www.jcwa.or.jp/en/etc/history01.html History of the Japanese Horological Industry (Japan Clock and Watch Association)] * [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daimyo-clock/id1268135788 An iOS implementation of a Daimyo Clock for iPhone and iPad] ==References== {{reflist}} {{coord|35.72128|139.76627|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP|display=title}} Category:Museums in Tokyo Category:Horological museums Category:Edo period Category:Museums established in 1972 Category:1972 establishments in Japan Category:Buildings and structures in Taitō --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Daimyo Clock Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimyo_Clock_Museum) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimyo_Clock_Museum?action=history)). 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