Definition of 天文方 (てんもんかた)

てんもんかた

天文方

てんもんかた

tenmonkata

noun
Edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.(archaism)
Related Kanji
heavens, sky, imperial
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
direction, person, alternative