taishaku　大尺

KEY WORD :　architecture / measurements

Lit, large shaku 尺. An ancient unit of length. Introduced in the Taihouryou 大宝令 codes of 701, it measured 35.6cm, equivalent to the older Korean measure *komajaku 高麗尺. In 713 this was scaled down to approximately 30.3cm. It was known as large shaku in comparison with the small shaku *shoushaku 小尺, of 25.25cm. The 30.3cm taishaku formed the basis for the *kanejaku 曲尺, which later became the standard measure of length.

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