Replica of Western clock given by Spain to Japan's feudal leader

Photo taken at a shrine in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Sept. 3, 2015, shows a replica of the wind-up Western clock that was given by the king of Spain in 1611 to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, following its recent completion. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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