1F South Floor Map
Techniques in Observing Nature
The people of the Japanese Islands have been sensitive in observing the richness and diversity of nature around them since the beginning of their history. Our daily life in harmony with nature has also enabled us to acquire uniqueness in manufacturing and industry. Tools, instruments, crafted objects and literature handed down from their own time to the present, demonstrate our activities in the fields of science and technology.
1.Astronomical Observation:Astronomy/Celestial Glove
Japanese CalendarsCelestial and Terrestrial Globes in Edo Period
What We Have Observed with Telescopes
2.Earthquake Measurement: Seismograph
To Read Motion of the GroundDevelopment of Seismographs
Evolving Seismographs
3.To Measure Time:Clocks and Watches
Temporal Hours and the Japanese Clock, WadokeiModernization of Clock Industry
4.Tiny Miracles:Microscopes
Scientific Ideas Inspired by CuriosityChallenging the Minimum: Ultramicroscopes