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Kana Classic : An Electronic Guide to Learning Classical Japanese Kana Writing
Kana Classic An Electronic Guide to Learning Classical Japanese Kana Writing Author:X. Jie. Yang, Sadako Ohki, Sonja Arntzen Classical handwritten kana writing, widely used in Japan from the tenth through the nineteenth century, is the ancestor of modern hiragana and a complex xyllabic writing system that evolved from writing Chinese characters curively. This innovative and interactive approach to learning kana is suitable for both self-study a... more »nd classroom use.A new approach to learning to read classical Japanese handwritten kana writing, a syllabic writing system widely used in Japan from the tenth through the nineteenth century. Featuring the writing process for more than 200 commonly used kana characters in full-motion animation, interactive reading practice, hypergraphic links between single kana characters and their original contextual use, and capability for producing users' own kana work.« less