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koku

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The term "koku" refers to a Japanese unit of measurement. There are three distinct types of koku:

A unit for dry measure, equivalent to 5.12 bushels.
A unit for liquid measure, equivalent to 47.65 gallons.
A unit for vessels, equivalent to 10 cubic feet.1

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Japan
The Hideyoshi regime
… of silver, an assessment of kokudaka was made as so many hundred or ten thousand koku of rice. A koku represented the amount of rice consumed by one person in one year (about five bushels); the amount also was used as a standard on which military services were levied in…
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… of silver, an assessment of kokudaka was made as so many hundred or ten thousand koku of rice. A koku represented the amount of rice consumed by one person in one year (about five bushels); the amount also was used as a standard on which military services were levied in…
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