Historical Hentai Was a Script Style

СТР. CXXVII ters: manyo, or antique; hentai, or modified; hira, or plain; and kana or curt. The manyo and hentai styles are limited in use and are employed by antique and classic writers. The hira-kana (also ascribed to Kōbō-Daishi), though much more widely used than the kata-kana (which is somewhat inconvenient for writing in a running hand), is yet less generally serviceable, and there is a tendency to displace the former by the latter. Both, being independent letters, fulfill each their function, so that a knowl-

A cropped scan from an old English-language reference book discusses Japanese writing styles, including “hentai” as a modified script style. The joke is that the word hentai appears in a historical linguistic context rather than referring to pornography, matching the uploader’s investigation into misleading historical scans. EN: A cropped scan from an old English-language reference book discusses Japanese writing styles, including “hentai” as a modified script style. The joke is that the word hentai appears in a historical linguistic context rather than referring to pornography, matching the uploader’s investigation into misleading historical scans.

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