Daimyo Clock Museum

The museum was established in 1972 to display Japanese clocks from the Edo period collected by Sakujiro (known as "Guro") Kamiguchi (1892–1970).

[1][2] Sakujiro Kamiguchi owned a highly unusual log cabin shop which sold western clothing.

After his death in 1970, his son Hitoshi Kamiguchi became President of the Society and opened the museum in April 1972.

[3] Daimyōs ('great lords') were the feudal aristocracy of Japan in the Edo period and they were the only people who could afford expensive timepieces.

There are around 50 pieces on display from the collection's total of some 200 items, in a single 83 square metre room.

Guro Kamiguchi, collector of Japanese clocks
Japanese incense clock, Daimyo Clock Museum, Tokyo
Japanese clock, Daimyo Clock Museum, Tokyo