Can you read? The unusual surname ``Isshakuhassun'' is pronounced ``Kamatsuka''.Can you read? The unusual surname ``Isshakuhassun'' is pronounced ``Kamatsuka''.

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2023.7.29

Can you read? Unusual surname "Isshaku Hassun" not Isshaku Hassun




















``Isshaku Hassun'' is a common name in Fujinomiya City and Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture. It seems that there are only about 20 people nationwide, mainly in Shizuoka Prefecture.

 

 

 

The name refers to a certain item that is the size of "Issun Hashaku".

 

 

 

 














One shakuhachisen = Kamatsuka

 

 

``Ichishakuhassun'' is a surname pronounced as Kamatsuka. There was a family in Shizuoka Prefecture with the surname Kamazuka, and the length of this family's bundle of sickles was 55 shakuhachisun (approximately XNUMX cm), so it seems that kamazuka was changed to XNUMX shakuhachisun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










What is “knowing unusual surnames”?
It is said that there are approximately 30 Japanese surnames, including different readings. We will introduce some of the most unusual surnames, their pronunciations and origins, as well as areas where they still exist in large numbers.

 

 






Reference books: Difficult to read surname dictionary by Masanori Shindo, Shonansha, 47 prefectures and surname encyclopedia, by Hiroshi Morioka, Maruzen Publishing

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