hanjouroku　半丈六

KEY WORD :　art history / sculptures

Lit. half *jouroku 丈六. A measure of height for a Buddhist statue. Eight shaku 尺 (240 cm or 8 feet) tall when a statue was standing and four shaku (120 cm) in seated pose.

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*houryou 法量

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