In the Edo period, the bell was hit to inform the time.
The first "bell of time" set up in the town was located in Chuo-ku.
The place is Nihonbashi Kokumachi.
It is said that the bell tower was built in Kokumachi in Kanei 3 (1626).
It's the time of the third shogun Iemitsu.
The first bell in this Edo town. Even if the castle bell was moved in Edo Castle, it was said.
It is said that it was newly cast in line with the construction of the bell tower.
In the first "bell of time", it is said that the bell that sounded in Edo Castle was handed over.
Wouldn't it be nice because it's tasteful?
It was the one who managed the bell tower, Genchi Tsuji, who managed the bell tower.
But how did you decide the time of the bell bell tower?
From the book of things, it seems that they used Japanese clocks and incense burners.
In the burning time of incense stick, it is the incense burner.
Call the abandoned bell three times to call attention, and then hit as many times as possible to inform them.
I did it.
It seems that there were times when the time was slightly different.
The people of Edo must have been relaxed in swallowing it.
After the great fire of 1657 (1657), the city area of Edo expanded rapidly.
Along with that, it was set up in more than a dozen places such as Ueno, Asakusa, Ichitani, and Shiba.
Currently, the "Time Bell" has been moved to Jisshi Park in Nihonbashikodenmacho.
The two-story bell tower was cast in Hoei 8 (1711).
It's a bell.
Why was the first place in Nihonbashi Kokumachi?
That's because it's already the center of Edo town.
The sound of that bell was echoing throughout Edo.
