Meiji
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Iwate Meiji Period
1868 – 1912
Built in 1900 on the Mizusawa Campus of the National Astronomical Observatory in Oshu City, Iwate, this rare calibration facility for a visual zenith telescope is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property that witnessed Japan's pioneering role in the international latitude observation project and the discovery of the Z-term.