also , 1 go of rice is a volume of 1 standard meal and a measuring cup is widely used to measure 1 go . また、1合の米は標準的な1食分の分量となっており、1合を量るための計量カップが広く使われている。
in senchado , fukusa is usually used for cleaning charyo (chago , a tea measuring cup ) or chaire (chatsubo [tea canister ] in senchado ). 煎茶道においては、通常茶量（茶合）や茶入（茶壺 (煎茶道)）を清める際に使われる。
in nagano prefecture , a festival of kakashiage is held , in which a scarecrow of tokanya is brought from the paddy field to put up in the garden and a mill-stone and a square measuring cup are placed to offer rice cake . 長野県では、10月10日のカカシを田からもってきて庭先に立て、臼と桝をおいて餅を供えるかかしあげの行事がおこなわれる。
because of this origin , the character 升 came to represent ' masu ' (a square , wooden measuring cup ), and also sho , which is the unit of the volume measured with the masu , and in addition , it now represents the japanese verb ' noboru ' (means ' rise ' ), which came from the act of scooping something up with a ladle . そこから量を量る「枡」の意味、およびそれによって量られる容積の単位を意味するようになった（これとは別に、柄杓で物を掬い上げることから「のぼる」の意味もある）。
in 1069 , the decree restricting the expansion of private estates was issued and a contract office to record estates was established , followed by the issuance of the silk fabric regulation in 1070 and the setting of the enkyu measuring cup by the emperor ' s order; the official measuring cup and the price regulation were established in 1072 , and the emperor tried to build a strong financial base for the imperial court , which had been destabilized due to the system of centralized government based on the ritsuryo codes and had become a mere facade . 1069年荘園整理令を発布して記録荘園券契所を設置し、1070年には絹布の制、1072年には延久宣旨枡や估価估価法の制定等、律令制度の形骸化により弱体化した皇室の経済基盤の強化を図った。
