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‖ koku|ˈkoːku|
[Jap.]
a. A Japanese unit of capacity equal to ten to, used for liquids and solids (esp. of rice as a monetary measure); equivalent to approximately 39·7 gallons (180 litres) or 4·96 bushels.
b. A Japanese unit of capacity equal to ten cubic shaku, used for vessels; equivalent to approximately 9·8 cubic feet (0·278 cubic metres).
1727J. G. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. ii. v. 199 The Emperor..order'd, that three koku's of rice should be given, or lent to any family, that stood in need of it. 1871A. B. Mitford Tales Old Japan I. 96 His revenue of eight million kokus reverted to the Government. Ibid., The koku of rice, in which all revenue is calculated, is of varying value. 1892Kipling Lett. of Travel (1920) 42 Five Japanese dollars (fifteen shillings) per koku of 330 lbs. 1896L. Hearn Kokoro x. 170 The seat of a daimyō of three hundred thousand koku. 1904Daily Chron. 30 Mar. 4/5 Jeyas..reduced the civil list to 9,000 kokus, or 44,500 bushels of rice, which was the way then that revenue was paid. 1911Encycl. Brit. XV. 193/1 Any vessel having a capacity of more than 500 koku (150 tons). 1931G. B. Sansom Japan ii. viii. 168 Any who could produce from the new fields one thousand koku of rice were promised lifelong immunity to tax. 1938D. T. Suzuki Zen Buddhism & its Influence on Jap. Culture i. vii. 153 Hideyoshi gave him three thousand koku of rice for his service to him as tea-master. |