The trail of time = Shih-chien ti tsu-chi : time measurement with incense in East Asia
This work is a fascinating compendium of information about a neglected aspect of East Asian culture and of the history of timekeeping. Incense timekeeping devices played important roles in early Chinese and Japanese social and technological history in addition to their use for measuring time
History
xxiii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780521374828, 0521374820
20017278
pt. I. Time measurement and incense in East Asia. 1. Early East Asian time measurement. 2. Incense and the populace. 3. Incense in religious rites. 4. Incense for time measurement
pt. II. The incense seal in China. 5. The incense seal of Avalokitesvara. 6. In Chinese Buddhist rites. 7. In Chinese civil life. 8. In Chinese social life. 9. In Chinese and foreign writings
pt. III. The incense seal in Japan. 10. Japanese kobandokei. 11. In Japanese Buddhist rites. 11. In Japanese civil life. 13. The fire in the smoke
App. C: Writings about Ting Yun (Ting Yueh-hu)