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