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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
isshi 一枝 1 Measurement from rafter center to rafter center.
2 The sum of the width and height of a rafter.
Architecture, Measurement
itojaku 糸尺

Lit. string plus shaku. A measurement that equals 30.3 cm or about one foot. It is the term used to measure the…

Architecture, Measurement
taishaku 大尺

Lit. "large shaku 尺." An ancient unit of length. Introduced in the Taihōryō 大宝令 codes of 701, it measured 35.6 cm,…

Architecture, Measurement
tōjaku 唐尺

Also tōdaishaku 唐大尺 or tenpyōshaku 天平尺. An ancient unit of measure, approximately 29.6 cm. Renamed *…

Architecture, Measurement
tsubo 坪

A unit of measurement still in use to ascertain the area of land, a building, a room, etc. It is roughly 182 cm x 182 cm (6…

Architecture, Measurement

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University