contributor
26,975
edits
Changes
From SamuraiWiki
Jump to navigationJump to searchno edit summary
==Length==
==Length==
===Metric Equivalents===
*1 '''Rin''' (厘) = .0303 cm
*1 '''Sun''' (寸) = 3.03 cm
*1 '''Ata''' (咫) = 18 cm
*1 '''Shaku''' (尺) = 30.3 cm
*1 '''Ken''' (間) = 1.8182 m<ref>One ''ken'', sometimes translated as one "bay," was the traditional standard amount of space between a building's pillars. The length of a building is often given in ''ken''; the famous [[Sanjusangendo|Sanjûsangendô]], or "Thirty-Three Bays Hall," in Kyoto indeed has thirty-four pillars along its side, resulting in a hall thirty-three "bays" in length.</ref>
*1 '''Jô''' (丈) = 3.03 m
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 109.9 m
*1 '''Ri''' (里) = 3,927 m<ref name=rilength>The length or distance defined as one ''ri'' has changed dramatically over time. Though at times (including in the Edo period) it was equivalent to 36 ''chô'', or roughly 3.9km, in certain earlier periods of history one ''ri'' was equivalent to six ''chô'', or roughly 0.65 km. Meanwhile, in early modern Korea, they used the same character (里, K: ''ri'') to refer to a distance roughly 1/10th that of the Japanese ''ri'': roughly 400 meters, rather than 4 km. Miyake Riichi, ''Edo no gaikô toshi'', Kashima Shuppankai (1990), 71.</ref>
*1 Traditional '''Ri''' (里) = 654.6 m<ref name=rilength/>
*1 '''Rin''' (厘) = .0303 Centimeters.
===Unit Conversions===
*1 '''Sun''' (寸) = 3.03 Centimeters.
*1 '''Shaku''' (尺) = 10 '''sun''' (寸)
*1 '''Ata''' (咫) = 18 Centimeters.
*1 '''Jô''' (丈) = 10 '''shaku''' (尺)
*1 '''Shaku''' (尺) = 30.3 Centimeters.
*1 '''Ken''' (間) = 6 '''shaku''' (尺)
*1 '''Ken''' (間) = 1.8182 Meters.
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 60 '''ken''' (間)
*1 '''Jô''' (丈) = 3.03 Meters.
*1 '''Ri''' (里) = 36 '''chô''' (町)<ref name=rilength/>
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 109.9 Meters.
*1 Traditional '''Ri''' (里) = 6 '''chô''' (町)<ref name=rilength/>
*1 '''Ri''' (里) = 3927.2 Meters.
==Area==
===Metric Equivalents===
*1 '''Gô''' (合) = 33cm<sup>2</sup>
*1 '''Bu''' (歩) = 1 '''Tsubo''' (坪) = 3.306m<sup>2</sup>
*1 '''Se''' (畝) = 99.17m<sup>2</sup>
*1 '''Tan''' (反・段) = 991.7m<sup>2</sup><ref name=hideyoshi>Prior to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] decreeing a new standard in [[1598]], one ''tan'' was equal to 360 ''bu'' instead of 300 ''bu'', and was therefore roughly equal to 1,190.4m<sup>2</sup> instead of 991.7m<sup>2</sup>. One ''chô'' was still ten ''tan'', making ''chô'' at that time equal to roughly 11.904km<sup>2</sup>. In theory, a ''tan'' of land produced one ''koku'' of rice, and a ''chô'' of land produced ten ''koku'' of rice.</ref>
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 9.917km<sup>2</sup><ref name=hideyoshi/>
===Unit Conversions===
*1 '''Bu''' (歩) = 1 '''tsubo''' (坪) = 10 '''gô''' (合) = a 1 ''ken'' x 1 ''ken'' square = 2 [[tatami]] mats placed together<ref>Arne Kalland, ''Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (1995), ix.</ref>
*1 '''Se''' (畝) = 30 '''bu''' (歩) = 30 '''tsubo''' (坪)
*1 '''Tan''' (反・段) = 10 '''se''' (畝)<ref name=hideyoshi/>
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 10 '''tan''' (反・段)<ref name=hideyoshi/>
==Weight==
===Metric Equivalents===
*1 '''Momme''' (匁) = 3.75g
*1 '''Kin''' (斤) = 600g<ref>The ''kin'' (C: ''jīn'') is also commonly known as a "catty" in English-language materials (e.g. "400 catties of copper").</ref>
*1 '''Kan''' (貫) = 3.75kg
===Unit Conversions===
*1 '''Kin''' (斤) = 160 '''momme''' (匁)
*1 '''Kan''' (貫) = 1000 '''momme''' (匁)
*1 '''Tan''' (担) = 100 ''kin'' (斤)<ref>The ''tan'' is also commonly known as a "picul" in English-language materials.</ref>
==Volume==
===Metric Equivalents===
*1 '''Gô''' (合) = 180ml
*1 '''Shô''' or '''Masu''' (升) = 1.804 liters
*1 '''To''' (斗) = 18.04 liters
*1 '''[[Koku]]''' (石) = 180.4 liters
===Unit Conversions===
*1 '''Shô''' or '''Masu''' (升) = 10 '''gô''' (合)
*1 '''To''' (斗) = 10 '''shô''' or '''masu''' (升)
*1 '''Hyô''' (俵) = 1 "bale" or "bag" of rice = 4 '''to''' (斗)
*1 '''Koku''' (石) = 10 '''to''' (斗) = 2.5 ''hyô'' (俵)
==References & Notes==
*Lu, David. ''Japan: A Documentary History''. Vol. 1. M.E. Sharpe, 2005. Appendix, pI.
<references/>
[[Category:Resource Articles]]
[[Category:Resource Articles]]
{{stub}}
{{stub}}
