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The shaku (尺) is an archaic Japanese unit of length, approximately equal to the foot. Since 1891, the shaku has been defined to equal 10/33 meter (approximately 30.3 cm, or 11.93 inches), or 3.3 shaku to the meter. A single shaku is divided into 10 sun. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search Shakkanhō (尺貫法, しゃっかんほう) is the obsolete Japanese system of measurement. ... Jump to: navigation, search Shakkanhō (尺貫法, しゃっかんほう) is the obsolete Japanese system of measurement. ... In general English usage, length (symbols: l, L) is but one particular instance of distance – an objects length is how long the object is – but in the physical sciences and engineering, the word length is in some contexts used synonymously with distance. Height is vertical distance; width (or breadth... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ...

Another unit of length also called the shaku was used only for measuring cloth. This shaku measured 125/330 meter (approximately 37.9 cm, or 14.9 inches). When a distinction needed to be made between the two shaku, the cloth unit was referred to as kujirajaku (whale shaku, as the rulers for measuring cloth were made from whale whisker) and the other shaku was referred to as kanejaku (metal shaku).

While Japanese law required official use of these units be discontinued on March 31, 1966, the shaku is still used in some fields in Japan, such as traditional carpentry. The ken and jō are larger than a shaku: six shaku make up one ken; ten shaku make up one jō. The ken is commonly the distance between pillars in traditional buildings such as Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Jump to: navigation, search March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... A carpenter is a skilled craftsman who performs carpentry -- a wide range of woodworking that includes constructing buildings, furniture, and other objects out of wood. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... The word temple has different meanings in the fields of architecture, religion, geography, anatomy, and education. ... A Jinja (Japanese: 神社) is a Shinto shrine including its surrounding natural area but it is more common to refer to buildings as a jinja. ...

The shakuhachi is a Japanese musical instrument nominally measuring 1 shaku and eight (hachi) sun in length. Jump to: navigation, search A shakuhachi, showing its utaguchi (blowing edge) and inlay The shakuhachi (尺八 in Japanese, pronounced /shakoo-hatchee/) is a Japanese end-blown flute which is held vertically like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the familiar Western transverse flute. ... A musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ...

External links

• Japanese Metric Changeover by Joseph B. Reid, President Emeritus, Canadian Metric Association (U.S. Metric Association page)
• Details of the two shaku units at sizes.com