Note to self

[gurdymonkey]

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.

Comments

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

I need to look for further details, but millet, barley, wheat and buckwheat were staple grains in Japan as well. If you remember "Seven Samurai," the peasants were saving their rice for the samurai and eating millet.

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

[cayswann.livejournal.com]

Oooo! The Cambridge article is facinating!