Explore the Modern times about the History of this artwork, Tokugawa Ieyasu's Clock.
In November 1955, the clock was stolen along with 12 other treasures from the exhibition hall during the night between the 19th and 20th. The incident was covered by a foreign clock magazine. On the night of February 1, 1956, the clock was wrapped in old newspapers and delivered to a newspaper company in Shizuoka. The perpetrators were later arrested, but the other 12 treasures were found caught in a fishing net in the ocean at Miho no Matsubara, and although they were all damaged, the clock was the only one that was returned undamaged.In 1979, it was designated as an Important Cultural Property along with other Ieyasu's personal items as one of the "Materials Related to Tokugawa Ieyasu", and is currently on permanent display at the Kunōzan Tōshō-gū Museum.
Important Cultural Property Shizuoka Miho no Matsubara Kunōzan Tōshō-gū Museum Tokugawa Ieyasu clock Kunōzan Tōshō-gū