Masu measuring cup

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Masu 升 measuring cup

measuring box



Masumasu Daruma 升々だるま






masumasu　ますます 【益々】/　 升ます
... is an expression for things getting better and better.

The Chinese character is also read as

shoo しょう【升】

One sho-bottle is 1.8 liters, for example.





masuzake, masu sake 升酒 rice wine served in a wooden masu

The boxes can be made to order with an inscription for an auspicious occasion, like a wedding or company event.





Cheers to a wedding, with sake from boxes and a Daruma barrel!


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A masu (枡) was originally a square wooden box used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period. Masu existed in many sizes, typically covering the range from one to (一斗枡 ittomasu, c. 1.8L) to five gō (五合枡 gogōmasu, c. 0.9L).
One masu was supposedly enough rice to feed a person for one day.

Today masu are largely used for drinking sake, as the advent of modern rice cookers and a higher calorie diet in Japan has made them impractical for measuring portions of rice, and the standard size is one gō, or 0.18039L.

A small (2.5 in x 2.5 in x 2.25 in h), lidded form of masu, made of hinoki, is sold for serving pepper, salt, sugar, and other dry condiments at the table.
source : wikipedia


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masumasu - may the money get more and more

Piggy Bank (chokin bako　　貯金箱)



. Masu at Temple Okubo-Ji, Shikoku .

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kigo for late autumn

masu ichi 枡市（ますいち）masu measure cups market
at Sumiyoshi Shrine, Osaka



升買て分別かはる月見かな
masu katte funbetsu kawaru tsukimi kana

I bought a measuring box
which changed my mind -
let's do some moon viewing

Matsuo Basho in Osaka, at a Masu Market 升市

. Sumiyoshi Jinja 住吉神社 . 　


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sakadaru 酒樽　sake barrel, sake cask




. Sake, Ricewine and Daruma .


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more and more
good luck in your cup -
Happy New Year


益々福が増す升　－masumasu fuku ga masu masu


source :　diary2009



fukumasu, fuku masu 福枡 auspicious masu


with Mount Fuji, for the first drink of sacred sake at New Year





. Shoobai Hanjoo 商売繁盛 good business .
fukuzeni, fuku zeni 福銭 auspicious coin


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. Amulets and Talismans from Japan .　


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