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  2. Shaku (unit) - Wikipedia

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    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/ ...

  3. Japanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese form of the Chinese tael was the ryō (両). [f] It was customarily reckoned as around 4 or 10 momme [15] but, because of its importance as a fundamental unit of the silver and gold bullion used as currency in medieval Japan, it varied over time and location from those notional values. [citation needed]

  4. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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    The recent formula used by the Brannock device assumes a foot length of 2 barleycorns less than the length of the last; thus, men's size 1 is equivalent to a last's length of 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 in (21.17 cm) and foot's length of 7 + 2 ⁄ 3 in (19.47 cm), and children's size 1 is equivalent to 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (10.8 cm) last's length and 3 + 7 ⁄ 12 in ...

  5. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    Japan: 171.8 cm (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 158.6 cm (5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1.08 18–49 (N= m:10,131 f:8,984) 60.7% Measured 2018 [94] [95] Japan: 170.6 cm (5 ft 7 in) 157.8 cm (5 ft 2 in) 1.08 High School students, 17 (N= m/f:1,108,891) 0.0% Measured 2018 [96] [97] Japan: 172 cm (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) 1.09: 20–49: 47.2%: Measured ...

  6. Ken (unit) - Wikipedia

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    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). [1] [2] It is now standardized as 1.82 m. [3]

  7. Geta (footwear) - Wikipedia

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    Examples of Japanese geta dating back to the latter part of the Heian period (794–1185) were found in Aomori in 2004, during an excavation along the right bank of the Shinjo river. [ 3 ] Oiran ( 花魁 ) – high-ranking courtesans of the feudal period in Japan – wore tall, lacquered koma -geta or mitsu-ashi ( lit.

  8. Waraji - Wikipedia

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    Waraji over indigo-blue tabi, the sock colour digitally altered for clarity Similar four- and six-warp Chinese sandals, c. 1930 (other views). Waraji (草鞋 ( わらじ )) (IPA: [w̜aɺadʑi]) are light tie-on sandals, made from (usually straw) ropemaking fibers, that were the standard footwear of the common people in Japan.

  9. Koku - Wikipedia

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    Although this was referred to as shin kyō-masu or the "new" measuring cup in its early days, [18] its use supplanted the old measure in most areas in Japan, until the only place still left using the old cup ("edo-masu") was the city of Edo, [19] and the Edo government passed an edict declaring the kyō-masu the official nationwide measure ...