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The classical Japanese language ( 文語 bungo, "literary language"), also called "old writing" ( 古文 kobun ), sometimes simply called "Medieval Japanese" is the literary form of the Japanese language that was the standard until the early Shōwa period (1926–1989). It is based on Early Middle Japanese, the language as spoken during the ...
The classical Japanese language, also called "old writing", sometimes simply called "Medieval Japanese" is the literary form of the Japanese language that was the standard until the early Shōwa period (1926–1989). It is based on Early Middle Japanese, the language as spoken during the Heian period (794–1185), but exhibits some later influences. Its use started to decline during the late ...
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Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages ...
Old Japanese is usually defined as the language of the Nara period (710–794), when the capital was Heijō-kyō (now Nara ). [1] [2] That is the period of the earliest connected texts in Japanese, the 112 songs included in the Kojiki (712). The other major literary sources of the period are the 128 songs included in the Nihon Shoki (720) and ...
- 8th century
- Japonic, Old Japanese
- Japan
- Man'yōgana
Kobun: Classical Japanese. Over several months I wrote six posts on Kobun (aka bungo / bungo-tai), the Japanese literary language of old. My goal was to take students through the important things that they will need should they want to learn to read and understand classical Japanese. I cover resources, verbs, adjectives, honorifics ...
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Classical Japanese Prose (RoutledgeCurzon, 2003), but to avoid confusion it is very strongly recommended that they wait until they have control of the basics of the traditional analysis before doing so . For those with an interest in the history of the Japanese language per se, Roy Andrew Miller’s The Japanese Language (Chicago University
Gyokuyō (1164–1200), written by Fujiwara no Kanezane. Meigetsuki (1180–1235), written by Fujiwara no Teika. Heikoki (1196–1246), written by Taira no Tsunetaka. Sanuki no Suke Nikki, written by Fujiwara no Nagako. Towazugatari (1271–1306), written by Go-Fukakusa In no Nijō. Izayoi Nikki (c. 1283), written by Abutsu-ni.
