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*1 '''Ata''' (咫) = 18 cm
*1 '''Ata''' (咫) = 18 cm
*1 '''Shaku''' (尺) = 30.3 cm
*1 '''Shaku''' (尺) = 30.3 cm
−*1 '''Ken''' (間) = 1.8182 m<ref>One ''ken'', sometimes translated as one "bay," is said to have been 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 '''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 '''Jô''' (丈) = 3.03 m
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 109.9 m
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 109.9 m
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===Unit Conversions===
===Unit Conversions===
−*1 '''Bu''' (歩) = 1 '''tsubo''' (坪) = 10 '''gô''' (合)
+*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 '''Se''' (畝) = 30 '''bu''' (歩) = 30 '''tsubo''' (坪)
*1 '''Tan''' (反・段) = 10 '''se''' (畝)<ref name=hideyoshi/>
*1 '''Tan''' (反・段) = 10 '''se''' (畝)<ref name=hideyoshi/>