SunWuKong
09-12-2005, 04:20 PM
:cool: [From the good-ol' Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. 1891 Standardization]
I did a bit of cross-referencing and put down the values that most closely matched Tatsumaki's time period.
(Values changed with date and region.)
PM me with any suggestions/changes.
(I'd like to keep all references in one spot.)
Japanese // metric // U.S.
Length:
1 bu // 3.03 mm // 0.119 in
1 sun = 10 bu // 3.03 cm // 1.193 in
1 shaku = 10 sun // 30.3 cm // 11.93 in
1 ken = 6 shaku // 1.818 m // 5.965 ft
1 cho = 60 ken // 109.09 m // 119.3 yd
1 ri = 36 cho // 3.927 km // 2.44 mi
Water measures:
1 hiro = 6 shaku // 1.818 m // 0.994 fathoms
1 kairi // 1.852 km // 1 nautical mile
Area:
1 tsubo/bu (1 sq. ken) // 3.306 sq m // 35.58 sq ft
1 se = 30 tsubo // 99.175 sq m // 118.61 sq yds
1 tan* = 360 bu // 0.119 hectares // 0.294 acres
1 cho*/chobu = 3600 bu // 1.19 hectares // 2.94 acres
1 ri = 6 cho // 42.77 hectares // 105.69 acres
Weight:
1 bu // 0.375 gm // 5.787 grains
1 momme = 10 bu // 3.75 gm // 57.87 grains
1 kin = 160 momme // 600 gm // 1.323 lbs
1 kan/kamme = 1000 momme // 3.75 kg // 8.27 lbs
Gold/medicine/incense/valuable commodities:
1 ryo = 4.5 momme+ // 16.88 gm // 0.594 oz.
Currency: (Gold coins)
1 koban = 1 ryo
1 oban# = 10 ryo // 165 gm // 6 oz.
1 ryo = 4.76 momme // 17.85 gm // 0.628 oz.
1 zeni## (Haven't found historic data, yet.)
Volume:
1 shaku // 18.039 ml // .033 pt (dry), 0.61 fluid oz.
1 go = 10 shaku // 180.39 ml // 0.328 pt (dry), 6.10 fluid oz.
1 sho = 10 go // 1.8039 l // 1.638 qt (dry), 1.906 qt (liquid)
1 to = 10 sho // 18.039 l // 2.048 peck (dry), 4.766 gal
1 koku = 10 to // 180.39 l // 5.119 bushel, 47.65 gallon
Lumber/Ship Storage:
1 koku = 10 cubic shaku // .28 m3 // 10 ft3
* pre-modern equivalents
+ Kyoto/average measure
# approx. 10x15 cm. (4x6 in). The ones we usually see in movies/anime. Used for special occasions, gifts, awards.
## round coins with square holes punched through them.
(note> :-p to the people who use British Standard measurements.)
I did a bit of cross-referencing and put down the values that most closely matched Tatsumaki's time period.
(Values changed with date and region.)
PM me with any suggestions/changes.
(I'd like to keep all references in one spot.)
Japanese // metric // U.S.
Length:
1 bu // 3.03 mm // 0.119 in
1 sun = 10 bu // 3.03 cm // 1.193 in
1 shaku = 10 sun // 30.3 cm // 11.93 in
1 ken = 6 shaku // 1.818 m // 5.965 ft
1 cho = 60 ken // 109.09 m // 119.3 yd
1 ri = 36 cho // 3.927 km // 2.44 mi
Water measures:
1 hiro = 6 shaku // 1.818 m // 0.994 fathoms
1 kairi // 1.852 km // 1 nautical mile
Area:
1 tsubo/bu (1 sq. ken) // 3.306 sq m // 35.58 sq ft
1 se = 30 tsubo // 99.175 sq m // 118.61 sq yds
1 tan* = 360 bu // 0.119 hectares // 0.294 acres
1 cho*/chobu = 3600 bu // 1.19 hectares // 2.94 acres
1 ri = 6 cho // 42.77 hectares // 105.69 acres
Weight:
1 bu // 0.375 gm // 5.787 grains
1 momme = 10 bu // 3.75 gm // 57.87 grains
1 kin = 160 momme // 600 gm // 1.323 lbs
1 kan/kamme = 1000 momme // 3.75 kg // 8.27 lbs
Gold/medicine/incense/valuable commodities:
1 ryo = 4.5 momme+ // 16.88 gm // 0.594 oz.
Currency: (Gold coins)
1 koban = 1 ryo
1 oban# = 10 ryo // 165 gm // 6 oz.
1 ryo = 4.76 momme // 17.85 gm // 0.628 oz.
1 zeni## (Haven't found historic data, yet.)
Volume:
1 shaku // 18.039 ml // .033 pt (dry), 0.61 fluid oz.
1 go = 10 shaku // 180.39 ml // 0.328 pt (dry), 6.10 fluid oz.
1 sho = 10 go // 1.8039 l // 1.638 qt (dry), 1.906 qt (liquid)
1 to = 10 sho // 18.039 l // 2.048 peck (dry), 4.766 gal
1 koku = 10 to // 180.39 l // 5.119 bushel, 47.65 gallon
Lumber/Ship Storage:
1 koku = 10 cubic shaku // .28 m3 // 10 ft3
* pre-modern equivalents
+ Kyoto/average measure
# approx. 10x15 cm. (4x6 in). The ones we usually see in movies/anime. Used for special occasions, gifts, awards.
## round coins with square holes punched through them.
(note> :-p to the people who use British Standard measurements.)