shō [Japanese 升]

In Japan, ? – 20^th century¹, a unit of both dry and liquid capacity,= 10 gō, since 1891 exactly 2401000/1331 milliliters, approximately 1.8039 liters or about 0.205 U.S. peck.

Rice is traditionally measured in a square wooden box made of cypress, holding 1 shō. The box is 4.017 sun on a side. Sake and soy sauce are often sold in 1-shō bottles.

In the 16^th century, the shō was approximately 3.6 liters.

1. United Nations, 1966.