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‖ shaku|ˈʃaku|
Also 8 sackf, sak, saku. Pl. same.
[Jap., ad. Chinese chǐ a foot.]
1. A Japanese measure of length, equal to 11·9 inches (30·3 cm.); (see also quot. 1974).
1727J. G. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan i. xi. 136 One Sackf and a half long. Ibid. ii. iv. 180 Snow..to the height of four Sak and five Suns, that is about four foot and a half. Ibid. iii. vi. 246 His Stature..of nine Saku, and nine Suns, proportionable to the greatness of his Genius. 1878Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan VI. ii. 249 The seismograph consisted of a copper vessel, whose diameter was 8 shaku or feet. 1884tr. J. J. Rein's Japan ii. 415 The interval of three shaku (1 metre). 1893E. Arnold Adzuma i. i. 2 He could..run so fleetly that a cord of thirty shaku, tied to his waist, would stream in a straight line behind him. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 106/3 Shaku, a unit of length, area, and volume in Japan, equivalent to 10/33 metre, 3·306 square decimetres, and 18·039 cubic centimetres.
2. A flat baton made of wood or horn, a little over a foot in length, upon which a Japanese court noble formerly would note memoranda, but later carried as a mark of honour in the presence of the emperor, or by the emperor himself.
1875F. V. Dickins tr. Chiushingura (1876) 208 'Twas the Emperor's whim That the tree should from him Have a shaku with Ta-iu writ on. 1880Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan VIII. 351 A short staff called the Shaku, which was generally held vertical in the right hand. 1894C. M. Salwey Fans of Japan 6 The shaku..was a stick in the shape of the outside frame of a folding fan, about two feet in length, about an inch and a half to two inches at the top, decreasing at the base to about one inch. 1928Daily Express 12 Nov. 3/7 The Emperor, after seating himself on the throne, was presented with the small wooden baton (shaku) which is a traditional symbol of authority found in many Shinto rites. |