1. shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb
2. Shaku (ritual baton)is the Japanese name for a flat ritual baton or scepter of Chinese origin. Usually made of woods like Japanese yew, holly, cherry, sakaki or Japanese cedar, the shaku is often seen in portraits of shoguns and noblemen but is now used mostly by Shinto priests. The use of the shaku as a ritual baton originated in ancient China, where in mandarin it is called hù with the same Chinese character.
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