Talk:Hu (ritual baton)

A fact from Hu (ritual baton) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 October 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the ritual baton called a shaku held by Japanese officials like Emperor Hirohito (pictured) was originally meant just to keep small sheets for memoranda and other notes? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/October.

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The Japanese Shaku was originated from ancient China. Its earliest record appears in

None of my sources mentioned that: this is the only reason I didn't mention China. How should we modify the article to make it clear we are talking about an object used all over Asia? I am not an expert on the subject (as this mishap makes clear). Urashima Tarō (talk) 01:04, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]