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[[File:Hongokucho-bell.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Replica of the Hongoku-chô bell at the [[Edo-Tokyo Museum]]]]
*''Other Names'': 時の鐘 ''(toki no kane)''
*''Japanese'': 本石町の鐘 ''(Hongokuchou no kane)''
*''Japanese'': 本石町の鐘 ''(Hongokuchou no kane)''
[[Tokugawa shogunate|Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] donated to the city of [[Edo]] in [[1603]] a bell from [[Edo castle]], to serve to announce time for the city. It was placed in a bell tower in the Hongokuchô neighborhood, quite close to [[Nihonbashi]], and continued to call out the time throughout much of the [[Edo period]].
[[Tokugawa shogunate|Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] donated to the city of [[Edo]] in [[1603]]<ref>Screech writes that it was 1603; gallery labels at the [[Edo-Tokyo Museum]] give the date as [[1626]] that a bell was moved to Hongokuchô from Edo castle.</ref> a bell from [[Edo castle]], to serve to announce time for the city. It was placed in a bell tower on a 200 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'' piece of land in the Hongokuchô neighborhood, quite close to [[Nihonbashi]], and continued to call out the time throughout much of the [[Edo period]].
Time was kept, and the bell maintained and rung by a series of men named [[Tsuji Genshichi]], a name passed down from generation to generation in a hereditary fashion. The upkeep costs were paid by an extra tax for that purpose of an extra one ''[[monme|mon]]'' per month, paid by the 410 homes closest to the bell tower.
Time was kept, and the bell maintained and rung by a series of men named [[Tsuji Genshichi]], a name passed down from generation to generation in a hereditary fashion. The upkeep costs were paid by an extra tax for that purpose of an extra one ''[[monme|mon]]'' per month, paid by the 410 homes closest to the bell tower.
==References==
==References==
*Screech, Timon. "An Iconography of Nihon-bashi." in ''Theories and Methods in Japanese Studies: Current State and Future Developments''. Bonn University Press, 2008. pp330-331.
*Screech, Timon. "An Iconography of Nihon-bashi." in ''Theories and Methods in Japanese Studies: Current State and Future Developments''. Bonn University Press, 2008. pp330-331.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]