Kuzushiji is a Japanese cursive script. Many of pre-modern documents are, whether they were handwritten or print, written in kuzushiji. It is extremely important to get familiar with kuzushiji in order to read pre-modern Japanese texts. Understanding 変体仮名 (hentaigana), the variant (and obsolute) form of modern hiragana, is another essential skill to read pre-modern Japanese texts. Hiragana is one of the components of the Japanese phonetic lettering system, and with a few exceptions, each sound in the Japanese language is represented by one hiragana character. However, until the Japanese script reform of 1900, each syllable had been written using a variety of hiragana, originated in manʼyōgana, an ancient writing system that employs Chinese kanji characters to represent the Japanese language. The variant form is now called 変体仮名( hentaigana).
\n\nThis sample image below shows the current hiragana あ and two different hentaigana in cursive form and its original kanji character (阿 and 安).
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\n\nThis sample image below shows the current hiragana あ and two different hentaigana in cursive form and its original kanji character (阿 and 安).
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