> how time was a Western construct Japan had a whole fancy temporal hour system before Western contact. It was more complicated than our modern framework, as

> how time was a Western construct Japan had a whole fancy temporal hour system before Western contact. It was more complicated than our modern framework, as it was based on the time between sunrise and sunset and so the length of the hours had to be adjusted about every two weeks. But they certainly thought quite a bit about it, so I'm not sure how it could be claimed to not be a concept there at the time.