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The Trail of Time - Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia (Paperback, Revised)
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The Trail of Time - Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia (Paperback, Revised)
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This book is a scholarly study of a virtually unknown aspect of the
history of horology (timekeeping), compiled from Chinese and
Japanese historical and literary records, some of which are
translated and published here for the first time. Incense
timekeepers played an important role in early Chinese social and
technological history, in addition to their use for time
measurement. They were used in temples for religious rites, in
agricultural regions for regulating water for irrigation, in
palaces and government offices, and in the studies of scholars. A
fascinating compendium of knowledge about a neglected aspect of
Oriental culture, this book will appeal not only to historians of
China and Japan, but to the growing number of collectors and museum
curators who are interested in incense clocks. It is illustrated
with black and white halftones of a large number of the clocks,
which are renowned for their beauty of design and quality of
workmanship. The book also includes a catalogue of incense clocks
which have appeared in auction houses and museums.
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