There are many important shihai monjo in the history of the development of kana (syllabic Japanese scripts) related to manyo-gana (an ancient form of Japanese kana using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds) and kanashosoku (a letter written in kana). |
万葉仮名、仮名消息など、かなの発達史上、重要な紙背文書が多くある。 |