Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Executed primarily in cast bronze with low-relief gilt decoration, the white enamel clock face with Arabic numerals superimposed with an openwork gilt ornament, the body of the clock modeled as a taiko drum, its sides with simulated wood grain, panels of floral decoration, and monster masks, the clock face surrounded by a dragon with flames and a shishi with a tasseled ball in its mouth, supported on four cloud-form legs cast and gilt with peonies, the finial in the form of a boy richly dressed in a Chinese-style helmet and robes, balanced on one foot and wielding a baton in each hand, signed underneath with a inlaid gilt seal Man'ei seizo (Produced by Man'ei) 36in (91.4cm) high