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1 Koku = enough rice to feed a person for a year.
1 Masu = enough rice to feed a person for a day.
If 1 koku = 330.69 pounds (150 kg), 1 masu = 0.906 pound.
Hmmmm.
1 Masu = enough rice to feed a person for a day.
If 1 koku = 330.69 pounds (150 kg), 1 masu = 0.906 pound.
Hmmmm.
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Date: 2009-08-28 09:00 am (UTC)If raw Japanese style white rice is 105 calories per ounce uncooked, this figure supports political information from the time that is available to the average d00fus like me. That would be 14.496 or 1,522.08 calories per day just in rice. It avoids the need for substantial edible oils in the diet to round out the caloric intake of the average person. The protein wouldn't be bad either.
Was white rice available to most social classes?
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Date: 2009-08-28 01:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-28 01:21 pm (UTC)http://tousando.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=food&thread=2459&page=1
Millet turns out to be darned filling as well.
Just found this: http://www.cambridge.org/us/Books/kiple/rice.htm
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Date: 2009-08-30 03:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-28 03:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-28 08:28 pm (UTC)They generally assume you will be supplementing with pickles and other veggies. ;)
Me, being mysterious....
Date: 2009-08-28 10:12 pm (UTC)