Japan
traditional units of capacity

Shakkan system, as standardized in 1891

koku

hyō

2.5

to

4

10

shō

10

40

100

gō

10

100

400

1000

shaku

10

100

1,000

4,000

10,000

18.0391
mL

180.391
mL

1.80391
liters

18.03907
liters

72.156
liters

180.39
liters

0.61
US fl oz

6.10
US fl oz

61.0
US fl oz

4.77
US gal

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47.65
US gal

0.03
US dry pt

0.33
US dry pt

3.28
US dry pint

2.05
US peck

2.05
US bu

5.12
US bushel

0.127
imp gill

0.3176
imp pints

1.5881
imp qts

3.970 imp. gal.;
0.4962 imp. bu.

1.9852
imp bu

39.7033 imp gal;
4.9629 imp bu