Japanese hardwood-cased shaku dokei pillar clock, late Edo or Meiji period

Japanese hardwood-cased shaku dokei pillar clock, late Edo or Meiji period, the posted frame enclosing a going train of four wheels set between strip backplate and fine asymmetrical leafy scroll decorated wirework and black enamel embellished 'keyhole' shaped frontplate incorporating a disc fitted with a hand and three characters, the roof with ball finials flanking balance wheel over four slender baluster turned uprights, the case with removable three-glass hood over trunk applied with removable incised brass vertical scale of thirteen cartouche-shaped chapters (toki) with incised characters, dividing the day and night into six adjustable periods, the interior with descending weight also incorporating pointer passing through the front, the lower edge with small key drawer, 5cm x 4.5cm x 28.5cm high