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Japanese: 刈∥苅 - かり

A unit of area for cultivated land, the area from which one bundle of rice can be harvested. Sometimes it is called sokukari or sokuhakari. It is closely related to shiro (dai) and is thought to have been used in the Hokuriku and Tohoku regions since the pre-Taika period. It was abolished under the Ritsuryo system when the chotanbo system was adopted, but it remained in use as a custom among the general public, and from the Kamakura period onwards the unit of kari appeared on documents for sales and purchases throughout the country, especially in the Hokuriku and Tohoku regions. The size of the land varied depending on the type of soil, and the contents of the bundles differed depending on the region, so the area was not fixed.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

耕地の面積単位で，稲1束を収穫しうる面積。ときに束（そく）刈または束把（そくは）刈とよぶこともある。代（しろ）と密接な関係をもち大化前代から北陸･東北地方で使用されていたものと思われる。律令制下で町反歩制がとられて廃止されたが，民間では慣習的に根強く用いられており，鎌倉時代からは全国的にとくに北陸･東北地方で売買文書などに刈の単位が現れる。地味により広狭を異にし，また地域によっては束の内容に相違があって面積は一定でない。

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