遠とお眼鏡めがね

noun

spectacles for far-sightedness

Obsolete term for glasses used to correct far-sightedness; modern Japanese uses 遠視用眼鏡 or simply 眼鏡.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには「遠とお眼鏡めがね」を遠えん視し用ようの眼鏡めがねとして記しるした例れいがある。

  In Edo-period documents, there are examples where 遠眼鏡 is recorded as spectacles for far-sightedness.

noun

telescope

Historical term for telescope; now almost entirely replaced by 望遠鏡. Still encountered in older texts.

• 明めい治じ初しょ期きには「遠とお眼鏡めがね」が天てん体たい観かん測そくに使つかわれていた。

  In the early Meiji period, 遠眼鏡 was used for astronomical observation.