Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3
3. THE SCENT OF TIME 5
4. Contents 5
5. Introduction 5
6. Incense sticks and candles in China 6
7. The hsiang-yin or "incense seal" 6
8. The Hundred Gradations Incense Seal 7
9. The Five Watch Incense Seal 12
10. Wang Ying-lin's Encyclopedia 14
11. Modern incense-seal timepieces 16
12. Missionary accounts of Chinese incense timekeepers 22
13. The dragon incense vessel 26
14. Incense timekeepers of the Japanese 27
15. The match-cord 27
16. The candle timepiece 27
17. Japanese incense-sticks 27
18. The geisha timepiece 28
19. "Incense seal" timepieces in Japan 29
20. Captain Golownin's account 29
21. The Jo-ko-ban, or "permanent incense board" 29
22. The Ji-ko-ban, or "time measuring incense board" 29
23. The Mizu-tori, or spring festival 29
24. The Ko-in-za in the Shosoin 31
25. General use of incense timekeepers in Japan 33
26. Father Tcuzus account of incense timekeepers 34
27. Fraissinet's account 34
28. Incense timekeepers in private collections 35
29. Smelling the time 37
30. Incense timekeepers in Korea 37
31. Incense timekeepers of Northeast Asia 38
32. Fire and Incense Clocks in Hawaii 39
33. APPENDICES 40
34. BIBLIOGRAPHY 46
35. GLOSSARY 47
36. INDEX 50