Shaku
Shaku ( Japanese 尺 ) was a Japanese measure of length and was considered a foot . It is one of the basic units of the ancient Japanese Shakkanhō system of measurements.
The Japanese Law of Measure and Weight of 1891 defines a shaku as 10 ⁄ 33 m and the longer kujirajaku ( 鯨 尺 , "whale shaku") used in tailoring as exactly 25% larger, i.e. H. 25 ⁄ 66 m. The former is also called Kanejaku ( 曲尺 , "Winkel-Shaku") for clarity .
- 1 Shaku / Kanejaku = 30, 30 centimeters
- 1 Kujirajaku = 37, 87 centimeters
The dimensional chain was
- 1 Shaku = 10 Sun = 100 Bun = 1000 Rin
In older literature, the latter can also be found in twisted Japanese as Tsune sasi / Wune sasi with 37.8979 centimeters.
literature
- Brockhaus Encyclopedia: in twenty-four volumes. Volume 19, FA Brockhaus Wiesbaden 1996, ISBN 978-3-76531-100-0 , p. 202.
- Bruno Lewin: Small encyclopedia of Japanology: on the cultural history of Japan. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 1995, ISBN 978-3-44703-668-9 , p. 269.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 度量衡 法
- ↑ Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old dimensions, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim et al. 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 327.