自じ鳴めい鐘しょう

noun

mechanical clock with a bell-ringing mechanism

Historical term for a self-striking clock, typically referring to early Western-style mechanical clocks introduced to Japan.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいにオランダから自じ鳴めい鐘しょうが献けん上じょうされた。

  A self-striking clock was presented from the Netherlands during the Edo period.