Kuroudodokorokin

Japanese: 蔵人所斤 - くろうどどころきん
Kuroudodokorokin
A unit of weight used in the Kamakura period. The Ritsuryo system, following the Tang system, defined the weight of 100 grains of millet as 1 shu, 24 shu as 1 ryo, 16 ryo as 1 jin (shojin), and further established a taijin with 3 ryo as tairyo and 1 shojin as dairyo. Daijin was used to measure gold, silver, grain, etc., and shojin for other things. This weighing system became confused over time, and scales with different standards came to be used depending on the region or feudal lord. Even within Todaiji Temple, different scales such as gojin, kokujin, and honjin were used, but it is unclear what standards these were based on.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
鎌倉時代に用いられた重さを計る単位の一つ。律令制では唐制にならい,キビ100粒の重さを1銖と規定し,24銖を1両,16両を1斤(小斤)とし,さらに3両を大両1両とする大斤を定め,金,銀,穀などを計る場合に大斤を用い,他は小斤を用いることとした。この衡制は時代が経過するとともにみだれ,地域により,あるいは領主により,基準の異なるはかりを用いるようになった。東大寺内においてさえ呉斤,国斤,本斤などの異なったはかりが使用されているが,これらは何を基準としているか不明である。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

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