Crossword-Solution: SANGI 5 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 6

Then something would have to be said about those classifications of incense which were made during the tenth century, in the periods of Engi and of Tenryaku,—and about the report of the ancient state-councillor, Kimitaka-Sangi, who visited China in the latter part of the thirteenth century, and transmitted to the Emperor Yomei the wisdom of the Chinese concerning incense.

Six _xacu_ make up a measurement called _icqen_ 'one _qen_,' _nicqen_ [_niqen_] 'two,' _jicqen_ 'ten,' and _sanguen_ 'three.' From sixty of these measurements one makes a measurement called _icchó_, that is 'one mountain path,' _nicchǒ_ [_nichǒ_] 'two,' _jichiǒ [jicchǒ]_ 'ten,' _sangiǒ_ 'three.' From sixty-three [thirty-six] _chô_, as measured in the northern part of Japan, one obtains _ichiri_ which is one league or one miliar.

The enumeration of that which in the vernacular is called a quire of paper (_mano de papel_) is done by placing _giô_ after the numeral; e.g., _ichigio_ [_ichigiô_] 'one quire,' _nigio_ [_nigiô_] 'two,' _sangiô_ 'three,' so on {181} to ten.

The Crown Prince, Sagara, procured the elevation of a member of the Saeki family to the high post of State councillor (sangi), and having been impeached for this unprecedented act by Fujiwara Tanetsugu, was deprived of his title to the throne.

SANGI AND KURANDO One of the earliest acts of Saga's reign was to establish the office of Court councillor (sangi) definitely and to determine the number of these officials at eight.