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2. File:Japanese-PDF Version.pdf - Wikipedia

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   Original file (1,237 × 1,752 pixels, file size: 3.89 MB, MIME type: application/pdf, 93 pages) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

3. Edo wazao - Wikipedia

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   Edo wazao Edo wazao. Edo wazao (江戸和竿) is a style of handcrafted Japanese fishing rods that originated during the Edo period (1603–1868). [1] These rods are predominantly made in the Kanto region, such as Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures of Chiba and Saitama, where artisans continue the traditional methods that have been passed on for generations.

4. Soroban - Wikipedia

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   A suanpan (top) and a soroban (bottom). The two abaci seen here are of standard size and have thirteen rods each. Another variant of soroban. The soroban is composed of an odd number of columns or rods, each having beads: one separate bead having a value of five, called go-dama (五玉, ごだま, "five-bead") and four beads each having a value of one, called ichi-dama (一玉, いちだま ...

5. Japanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   The base unit of Japanese length is the shaku based upon the Chinese chi, with other units derived from it and changing over time based on its dimensions. The chi was originally a span taken from the end of the thumb to the tip of an outstretched middle finger, but which gradually increased in length to about 1 ⁄ 3 metre (33 cm ), just a few ...

6. Fishing rod - Wikipedia

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   An old rod-making bench would generally consist of a 6-to-8-foot (2 to 2.5 m) bench, vice, a drawing knife, a jack, a fore plane, large coarse flat file, sand paper, and several strips of wood about 2 feet (60 cm) long with different size grooves in them. [5] Newer rod building benches are smaller versions of lathes powered by small motors that ...

7. Ikejime - Wikipedia

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   Ikejime (活け締め) or ikijime (活き締め) is a method of killing fish that maintains the quality of its meat. [1] The technique originated in Japan, but is now in widespread use. It involves the insertion of a spike quickly and directly into the hindbrain, usually located slightly behind and above the eye, thereby causing immediate brain ...