Traditional Japanese units of measurement or the shakkanhō is the traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago. It is largely based on the Chinese system, which spr
A man playing the shakuhachi flute, named after its traditional length of 1 shaku and 8 sun (54.5 cm)
Area floored with 8 tatami mats (4 tsubo, or 8 jō)
A wooden masu sake cup (1 gō) for celebrations
A set of ten traditional Japanese fundō weights, used by money changers to weigh coinage. Top row from left are 30 ryō (1124.66 g), 20 ryō (749.07 g) and 10 ryō (374.62 g, twice), bottom row from left are 3 momme (11.19 g), 1 ryō (37.47 g, twice), 2 ryō (74.89 g), 3 ryō (112.42 g) and 4 ryō (149.77 g). All metric weights actual, not rounded.
Chinese units of measurement
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Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the shìzhì, are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although Chinese numerals have been decimal since the Shang, several Chinese
Japanese units of measurement
…measurement or the shakkanhō (尺貫法) is the traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago. It is largely based on the Chinese system, which spread to Japan and the rest of the Sinosphere in antiquity. It has remained mostly unaltered since the adoption of the measures of the Tang…
A traditional Chinese scale
Bronze ruler from the Han dynasty (206 BCE to CE 220); excavated in Zichang County; Shaanxi History Museum, Xi'an
Chinese measuring tape
Chinese measurement law in 1915