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I'll add a link to Japanese unit. Jimp 23Oct05

[edit] Merge to Japanese unit

Would it be wise to merge this and Shaku to Japanese unit?

Jimp 25Oct05

Discussion of both is combined at Talk:Japanese unit which is also the link in the mergeinto tag. Gene Nygaard 13:16, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

"1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres [...] a smaller koku was defined [...] which is approximately 180.39 litres" Are the numbers or the words wrong? 83.216.105.93 00:36, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I think the numbers must be a little wrong, as that equates to nearly half a kilo of rice a day (150 / 365 = 0.41), furthmore a Masu is apparently 168 grams. So yes, i don't think it all adds up either.

must be the american koku ... seriously : it's definitely around 180 litres. I'll try to check a more definite source, but in the meantime, http://www.sizes.com/units/koku.htm has : " Literally translated from the Japanese, “bale.” 1. In Japan, 16th – 20th (UN 1966) century, a unit of capacity = 100 shō = 10 to, legally defined in 1891 as 240100/1331 liters, approximately 180.39 liters or about 5.12 U.S. bushels. ... 2. In Japan, 20th century, a unit of capacity equal to 10 cubic shaku, approximately 278.26 liters. Mainly used for lumber." which might explain the 278.3 litres - hopefully not too many had to feed on lumber Kokudaka (talk) 14:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC) kokudaka

chips might be good though ... Kodansha has : "... In the Edo period (1600–1868) a koku of grain equaled about 0.18 cubic meter, 180.39 liters, or 5.12 US bushels, ... As early as the 7th century, under the ritsuryo system ... one koku equaled 10 to; one to equaled 10 sho; and one sho equaled 10 go. When the varying sizes of these units were standardized by ... Toyotomi Hideyoshi ... the koku was set at more than twice the size it had been in the 7th century." Kokudaka (talk) 17:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC) kokudaka

Talk:Koku

[edit] Merge to Japanese unit

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