Kana writing - Kanagaki

Japanese: 仮名書き - かながき
Kana writing - Kanagaki

... As the number of people using kanji increased, characters with fewer strokes became more preferred, and fonts became simpler. This was the cause of the emergence and spread of katakana and hiragana, which allowed Japanese to express even subtle expressions for the first time, and in the 10th and 11th centuries a series of stories was developed, with The Tale of Genji at its apex. It was around this time that children's books such as Sanbo Ekotoba and Kuchizusami, and a kind of encyclopedia such as Wamiyoruijusho appeared, albeit for the children of the aristocracy. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "kana writing" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 漢字を使う層が拡大すると,文字の画数は少ないほうが好まれ,書体も簡略化する。これが片仮名・平仮名の発生と普及の原因であり,仮名書きによって日本語は初めて微妙な表現まで表記できるようになり,10~11世紀には《源氏物語》を頂点とする物語群が展開する。貴族の子弟のためにではあるが,《三宝絵詞(さんぼうえことば)》や《口遊(くちずさみ)》のような幼学書,《和名類聚抄(わみようるいじゆうしよう)》のような一種の百科辞書が登場するのもこのころである。…

※「仮名書き」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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