Length (Sashi). Japanese Weights and Measures.
As the use of the Japanese weights and measures is becoming more and more frequent in reports and books from the Far East, the following tables will be found useful to all persons who wish to ascertain the equivalents of the Japanese terms in similar terms in use in the United States and in England:—
LONG MEASURE (SASHI)
| 1 Mō (0.0001 Shaku) | 0.000099 foot. |
| 1 Rin (10 Mō) | 0.00099 foot. |
| 1 Bu (10 Rin) | 1.4317 lines. |
| 1 Sun (10 Bu) | 1.1931 inches. |
| 1 Shaku (10 Sun) | 11.9305 inches. |
| 1 Ken (6 Shaku) | 1.9884 yards. |
| 1 Jō (10 Shaku) | 3.3140 yards. |
| 1 Chō (60 Ken) | 5.4229 chains (1.15 m.). |
| 1 Ri (36 Chō) | 2.4403 miles (2½ m.). |
| 1 Kai-Ri (Marine Ri) | 1.1507 miles. |
DRY GOODS MEASURE (KUJIRA-JAKU)
| 1 Sun (0.1 Shaku) | 1.4913 inches. |
| 1 Shaku (10 Sun) | 14.9130 inches. |
| 1 Tan | (about) 11 yards. |
| 1 Hiki | (about) 22 yards. |
WEIGHT (HAKARI)
| 1 Mō | 0.000008 pound (avoirdupois). |
| 1 Rin (10 Mō) | 0.000083 pound„ |
| 1 Fun (10 Rin) | 5.7972 grains„ |
| 1 Momme (10 Fun) | 2.12 drams„ |
| 1 Kin (160 Momme) | 1.3251 pounds„ |
| 1 Kwan (1,000 Momme) | 8.2817 pounds„ |
CAPACITY (MASU)
| 1 Shaku (10 Sai) | 0.00397 gallon. |
| 1 Gō (10 Shaku) | 1.2706 gills; 0.0199 peck. |
| 1 Shō (10 Gō) | 1.5881 quarts; 0.1985 peck. |
| 1 To (10 Shō) | 3.9703 gallons; 1.9851 pecks. |
| 1 Koku (10 To) | 39.7033 gallons; 4.9629 bushels. |
SUPERFICIAL MEASURE (TANBETSU)
| 1 Square Shaku | about 1 square foot. |
| 1 Tsubo (36 Square Shaku) | 3.9538 square yards. |
| 1 Se (30 Tsubo) | about 119 square yards. |
| 1 Tan (10 Se) | 0.2451 acre. |
| 1 Chō (10 Tan) | 2.4507 acres. |
| 1 Square Ki | 5.9552 square miles. |
MONEY
| 1 yen | $0.4935 |
| 1 sen | one-half cent. |
Money, Weight, and Measure of Various Countries in Terms of those of Japanese
MONEY
| English pound (20 shillings) | 9.763 yen. |
| Shilling (12 pennies) | 0.4881 „ |
| Penny (4 farthings) | 0.0407 „ |
| Hong Kong dollar | 0.949 „ |
| American dollar (100 cents) | 2.006 „ |
| Cent | 0.02 „ |
| German mark | 0.478 „ |
| French franc | 0.387 „ |
| Chinese tael | 1.298 „ |
| Manila dollar | 0.985 „ |
| Mexican dollar | 0.965 „ |
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LENGTH
| Mile (1,760 yards) | 14 chō and 49 ken. |
| Yard (3 feet) | 3 shaku. |
| Foot (12 inches) | 1 shaku. |
| Inch | 8 bu and 4 rin. |
GERMAN, FRENCH, AUSTRIAN, AND ITALIAN LENGTH
| Metre | 3 shaku and 3 sun. |
| Centimetre (1-100 metre) | 3 bu and 3 rin. |
| Millimetre (1-1000 metre) | 3 rin and 3 mō. |
ENGLISH CAPACITY
| Gallon (liquid) | 2 shō, 5 gō, and 2 shaku. |
| Bushel (wheat) | 2 to and 1 gō. |
AMERICAN CAPACITY
| Gallon (liquid) | 2shō and 1 gō. |
| Bushel (wheat) | 1 to, 9 shō, and 5 gō. |
Weight
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN (HEAVYWEIGHTS)
| Ton (20 hundredweight, or 2,240 pounds) | about 270 kwan and 946 momme. |
| Short ton (2,000 pounds) | 241 kwan and 916 momme. |
| Hundredweight (112 pounds) | 13 kwan and 547 momme. |
| Pound (16 ounces) | 121 momme. |
| Ounce | about 8 momme. |
LIGHT WEIGHT
| Pound | 99 momme and 5 bu. |
| Ounce | 8 momme and 3 bu. |
| Grain | 1 rin and 7 mō. |
Area
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH
Acre4 tan and 24 ho.