Article ID: CBB000930697

Japanese Clocks and the History of Punctuality in Modern Japan (2008)

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Abstract Although punctuality is well attained in present Japan, many foreign engineers who arrived in Japan from the mid 19th century observed that Japanese were seemingly indifferent to the clock, which leads us to a question about the origin of punctuality in modern Japan. The present paper first explains the time system and clocks in the Edo period, and then follows the origin and the evolution of punctuality in various sectors of Japanese society. Introducing the historian Sakae Tsunoyama's two-layer theory to explain the origin of punctuality in modern Japan, the paper explores a question about when punctuality was attained and society accelerated in postwar Japan. Keywords Time - Punctuality - Clock - Modernization

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Authors & Contributors
Frumer, Yulia
Hashimoto, Takehiko
Avner Wishnitzer
Marion Cousin
Ferguson, Trish
Yamada, Keiji
Concepts
Time measurement
Technology
Clocks and Watches
Time
Time measuring instruments
Modernization
Time Periods
19th century
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
18th century
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
17th century
16th century
Places
Japan
Edinburgh
Americas
Scotland
United States
Europe
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