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A shaku is the traditional Japanese unit of length, about one foot [30.5 cm.] long, and is still used to calculate the length of weapons. A shaku is divided into ten sun, which are further divided into ten bu.
A bo is generally about 6 shaku in length and one sun in diameter...[30 mm.]
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