Hello all, It appears to be an interesting adaptation of a south facing wall type of dial. The high tech shape and materials are visually and I assume tactually pleasing. As Peter has said, since it is not polar / equatorially aligned, the equal hour lines will not read very accurately. Too bad "Tamago" didn't query the list about it first. There is obviously a lot of unused dial face and the shiny material is another example of making a better mirror than shadow delineator. You can see the shadow on the concrete pad and then none on the dial. Maybe that is the reason for all of the raised beads; makes it a little like a digital, 10 minute clock. Who knows, maybe the blind can read it by heat? Ha! Looks like the vandals are removing the beads already too. Still it's a very nice sculpture and one "Tamago"? should be proud of.
Fritz Stumpges -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of J. Tallman Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:30 AM To: Sundial Mailing List Subject: Interesting sundial in Japan Hello All, Here is a dial in Japan that I thought some of you may find interesting: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sundial_bunkanomori_tokushima.jpg I have seen it a couple times in the past month while casually browsing for sundial pictures, but I have never been able to find a good description for it. Does anyone know about this dial? I would be interested in what some of you think is really going on here, since this is a pretty unique configuration. Best, Jim Tallman www.artisanindustrials.com [email protected]
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