itchakushuhan　一ちゃく手半

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Lit. one and a half *chakushu ちゃく手. Approximately 36.3cm. A standard size for small Buddhist statues, such as private, portable Buddhist images *nenjibutsu 念持仏 or Buddhist images that were placed inside a larger one *tainaibutsu 胎内仏. The term itchakushuhan was also used more broadly to indicate any small Buddhist images around 30cm in height.

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