Tang shaku

Japanese: 唐尺 - とうしゃく
Tang shaku
〘Noun〙 Shaku in the Chinese Tang Dynasty. A unit of length. It also refers to the measuring device and the length of one shaku. There are large and small shaku, which were introduced to Japan and incorporated into the Taiho and Yoro codes, becoming small shaku in the codes, and later became the large shaku in the Wadō code. → Shaku (shaku). [Study of Measurement and Measures in Japan (around 1835)]

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Japanese:
〘名〙 中国唐代の尺。長さの単位。また、その計測器や一尺の長さをいう。大尺と小尺があり、日本に伝わって大宝・養老令にとり入れられ、令の小尺となり、のち和銅の大尺となった。→尺(しゃく)。〔本朝度量権衡攷(1835頃)〕

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