toujaku　唐尺

KEY WORD :　architecture / measurements

Also toudaishaku 唐大尺 or tenpyoushaku 天平尺. An ancient unit of measure, approximately 29.6cm. Renamed *shoushaku 小尺 in the Taihouryou 大宝令 codes of 701. However, shoushaku was then scaled down to 25.25cm in 713, and the original 29.6cm toujaku was known as *taishaku 大尺. This measurement was slightly shorter than the *kanejaku 曲尺, which later became the standard measure of length.

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