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==Length==
==Length==
===Metric Equivalents===
===Metric Equivalents===
*1 '''Rin''' (厘) = .0303 Centimeters.
*1 '''Rin''' (厘) = .0303 cm
*1 '''Sun''' (寸) = 3.03 Centimeters.
*1 '''Sun''' (寸) = 3.03 cm
*1 '''Ata''' (咫) = 18 Centimeters.
*1 '''Ata''' (咫) = 18 cm
*1 '''Shaku''' (尺) = 30.3 Centimeters.
*1 '''Shaku''' (尺) = 30.3 cm
*1 '''Ken''' (間) = 1.8182 Meters.
*1 '''Ken''' (間) = 1.8182 m
*1 '''Jô''' (丈) = 3.03 Meters.
*1 '''Jô''' (丈) = 3.03 m
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 109.9 Meters.
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 109.9 m
*1 '''Ri''' (里) = 3927.2 Meters.
*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 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.</ref>
*1 Traditional '''Ri''' (里) = 654.6 m<ref name=rilength/>
===Comparative Lengths===
===Unit Conversions===
*1 '''Shaku''' (尺) = 10 '''Sun''' (寸)
*1 '''Shaku''' (尺) = 10 '''sun''' (寸)
*1 '''Jô''' (丈) = 10 '''Shaku''' (尺)
*1 '''Jô''' (丈) = 10 '''shaku''' (尺)
*1 '''Ken''' (間) = 6 '''Shaku''' (尺)
*1 '''Ken''' (間) = 6 '''shaku''' (尺)
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 60 '''Ken''' (間)
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 60 '''ken''' (間)
*1 '''Ri''' (里) = 36 '''Chô''' (町)
*1 '''Ri''' (里) = 36 '''chô''' (町)<ref name=rilength/>
*1 Traditional '''Ri''' (里) = 6 '''chô''' (町)<ref name=rilength/>
==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>.</ref>
*1 '''Chô''' (町) = 9.917km<sup>2</sup><ref name=hideyoshi/>
===Unit Conversions===
*1 '''Bu''' (歩) = 1 '''tsubo''' (坪) = 10 '''gô''' (合)
*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
*1 '''Kan''' (貫) = 3.75kg
===Unit Conversions===
*1 '''Kin''' (斤) = 160 '''momme''' (匁)
*1 '''Kan''' (貫) = 1000 '''momme''' (匁)
==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)
==References & Notes==
*Lu, David. ''Japan: A Documentary History''. Vol. 1. M.E. Sharpe, 2005. Appendix, pI.
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