Look up shaku, しゃく, or 尺 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shaku (Japanese: 尺) or Japanese foot is a Japanese unit of length derived (but varying) from...

Shaku may refer to: Shaku (unit) Shaku (ritual baton) Buddhist surname of Japan Shaku, Iran, a village in Markazi Province, Iran This disambiguation page...

East Asia, including Japan, Korea, Ryukyu, and Vietnam. They are known as shaku in Japan, and are worn as part of the sokutai ceremonial outfit. They continue...

Soyen Shaku (釈 宗演, January 10, 1860 – October 29, 1919; written in modern Japanese Shaku Sōen or Kōgaku Shaku Sōen) was the first Zen Buddhist master...

Yumiko Shaku (釈由美子, Shaku Yumiko, born June 12, 1978, in Tokyo) is a Japanese actress, model and former gravure idol. She is represented by Tommy's Artist...

dimensions being one shaku (30.3 cm (11.9 in)) wide and six shaku (1.818 m (5 ft 11.6 in)) long; roku is Japanese for 'six', hence roku-shaku. The fundoshi is...

Soundarya Rajinikanth (born Shaku Bai Rao Gaikwad; 20 September 1984) is an Indian graphic designer, film producer and director who primarily works in...

an ōdachi, the sword in question would have a blade length of around 3 shaku (90.9 cm (35.8 in)). However, as with most terms in Japanese sword arts...

about 1⁄5 longer than the carpentry shaku. The Shōsōin in Nara has ivory 1-shaku rulers, the kōgebachiru-no-shaku (紅牙撥鏤尺).[citation needed] The Japanese...

Nagoya region are: 4+1⁄2 mats = 9 shaku × 9 shaku ≈ 2.73 m × 2.73 m (8 ft 11 in × 8 ft 11 in) 6 mats = 9 shaku × 12 shaku ≈ 2.73 m × 3.64 m (8 ft 11 in × 11 ft...

180.39 litres. The modern shaku defined here is set to equal the so-called setchū-shaku (setchū-jaku or "compromise shaku"), measuring 302.97 mm, a middle-ground...

(hakkaku-bo). The average size of a bō is 6 shaku (around 6 ft (1.8 m)) but they can be as long as 9 ft (2.7 m) (kyu-shaku-bō). A 6 ft (1.8 m) bō is sometimes...

Shakuntala (Shaku) Atre (born 1940) is an Indian data scientist and an American business woman. After a fourteen-year career with IBM, she began her own...

Shaku Nihongi (釈日本紀) is an annotated text of the Nihon Shoki compiled by Urabe Kanekata between 1274 and 1301 that is 28 volumes in length. The 28 volumes...

The fight occurs in Akashi, not Edo, and Gonnosuke wields a staff four shaku in length and reinforced with steel rings. After his defeat, he then went...

Ferry Corsten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɛri ˈkɔrstə(n)]; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. He is well known for producing...

Shinobu, 11 February 1887–3 September 1953), also known as Chōkū Shaku (釋 迢空, Shaku Chōkū), was a Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist...

artists such as Danfo Drivers, Baba Fryo and Daddy Showkey well as the shaku shaku dance style, originally inspired by gqom and later evolving into its...

giving full length at 1.9+ shaku, the tail length at about 0.65 shaku, height at tail 0.85 shaku, and girth around belly 0.92 shaku. Here "1歩 (1 bu)" has been...

are: Less than 1 shaku for tantō (knife or dagger). Between 1 and 2 shaku for shōtō (小刀:しょうとう) (wakizashi or kodachi). Greater than 2 shaku for daitō (大刀)...

20th century. Important Asian figures in this transmission include Soyen Shaku, D. T. Suzuki, Nyogen Senzaki, Sokei-an, Shunryu Suzuki, Taizan Maezumi...

of the sakazuki (sake dish). Goshakumasu (5 shaku [90 ml]) = Holds a half gō measure. Hasshakumasu (8 shaku or 4/5 gō [144 ml]) = The former standard masu...

Mechagodzilla, who is referred to in the film as Kiryu. The film stars Yumiko Shaku, Shin Takuma, Kou Takasugi, Yuusuke Tomoi, Kumi Mizuno, and Akira Nakao...

mean "Greatly Clumsy", was given to him by his Zen master Soen (or Soyen) Shaku. Although his birthplace no longer exists, a humble monument marks its location...

supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from 2003 to 2004, and was popular enough...

(寸), was standardized at 1000⁄33 mm (3.03 cm, ~1.193 in, or ~0.09942 ft). shaku "TCM Student: Cun Measurements". www.tcmstudent.com. Retrieved 2018-02-10...

No. 27 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing Chinook from RAF Odiham. 27 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps formed at Hounslow Heath Aerodrome...

means "eight", here eight sun, or tenths, of a shaku. Thus, the compound word shaku-hachi means "one shaku eight sun" (54.54 cm (21.47 in)), the standard...

approximately three shaku or about 90 centimetres (35 in) long, half the length of the usual staff, the rokushakubō ("six shaku staff"). Diameter was...

period, and consists of a number of parts, including the ho (outer robe), shaku (笏), a flat ritual baton or sceptre, and the kanmuri (冠), a cap-shaped black...