天文方

Reading

Kana: てんもんかた

Romaji: tenmonkata

Definition

noun

1

Edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.

Note: archaism

Kanji

天

Readings: テン、 あまつ、 あめ、 あま-

Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

方

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative