Look up: Koku

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   Koku
   A ` is a unit of volume in Japan, equal to ten cubic `shaku`. In this definition, 3.5937 `koku` equal one cubic metre, or 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres. The `koku` was originally defined as quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year (one `masu` is enough rice to feed a person for one day). A koku of rice weighs about 150 kilograms (23.6 stone or 330 pounds). In 1891, a smaller koku was defined su...
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   Koku
   `Koku` or `Koku` is a honkyoku , a solo `original piece` of Japanese Buddhist origin for the shakuhachi, a bamboo flute. The title `Koku` is often translated as `empty sky`. According to legend, `Koku` is one of the three original shakuhachi pieces, along with `Mukaiji` and `Kyorei`. It was composed by Kyochiku, the Zen priest who founded the Myoan temple in Kyoto, Japan in the 13th century. Kyochiku fell asleep while practicing shakuhachi insid...
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   koku
   a traditional Japanese unit of volume, equal to about 180.391 liters (39.68 British imperial gallons or 6.37 cubic feet). The unit originated as an estimate of the amount of rice needed to feed a person for a year.
   Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictK.