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Traditional Japanese units of measurement or the shakkanhō (尺貫法) is the traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago. It is largely based on the Chinese system , which spread to Japan and the rest of the Sinosphere in antiquity.
A Zen butsuden is 5 ken across. The ken (間) is a traditional Japanese unit of length, equal to six Japanese feet (shaku).The exact value has varied over time and location but has generally been a little shorter than 2 meters (6 ft 7 in).
Shaku (Japanese: 尺) or Japanese foot [1] [2] is a Japanese unit of length derived (but varying) from the Chinese chi, originally based upon the distance measured by a human hand from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger [3] [a] (compare span). Traditionally, the length varied by location or use, but it is now standardized as 10/ ...
One gō is the traditional volume of a single serving of rice (before cooking), used to this day for the plastic measuring cup that is supplied with commercial Japanese rice cookers. [3] The koku in Japan was typically used as a dry measure.
In 1885 Japan signed the Convention du Mètre and in 1886 converted all of its traditional measures to the metric system. Masu existed in many sizes, typically covering the range from one gō ( 一合枡 , ichigōmasu , c. 180 mL) , one Shō ( ja: 一升桝 ) , isshōmasu c. 1.8 L) to one to ( 一斗枡 , ittomasu , c. 18 L) .
The rokushaku fundoshi (Japanese: 六尺ふんどし／六尺褌) is traditionally favored as activewear. Its name is derived from its traditional measurements of a cloth that is six ("roku") shaku (1.818 m (5 ft 11.6 in)) long and one shaku (30.3 cm (11.9 in)) wide. It is formed by winding the cloth around the hips, then bringing the excess ...
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The Weights and Measures Act (Japanese: 度量衡取締条例, Doryokori Shimarijorei) (Dajokan No. 135, August 5, 1875) were promulgated on August 5, 1875, and were the first weights and measures regulations in modern Japan. [1] A weights and measures certification office was established in Wakayama by 1889. [2]