Sōgana
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Archaic Japanese syllabary
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Sōgana (草仮名, lit. grass kana) is an archaic Japanese syllabary, now used for aesthetic purposes only. It represents an intermediate cursive form between historic man'yōgana script and modern hiragana. Sōgana appears primarily in
cursive forms of the man'yōgana characters, commonly occurring sōgana were further adapted and by the early eleventh century had evolved into the forms of modern hiragana.[2]
The principal purpose of Sōgana—nowadays its only use—was for artistic effect. It was often used for the rendition of poetry, as in the work of
Fujiwara Kozei, whose style is often cited to exemplify the use of sōgana.[3] However, attribution of the few surviving sōgana works is disputed.[4]
References
- ISBN 9789004090811.
- ISBN 9780521223539.
- ISBN 9780934686365.
- ISBN 9780822325185.
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