N/A. English: From Dutch translation of Engelbert Kaempfer: The History of Japan (1727). Listing firo-canna (modern romanisation: Hiragana) and catta-canna (modern romanisation: Katakana), alongside 'imatto-canna' (mostly variant kana, or 'Hentaigana', mistaken as a congruent syllabary). Two rows of right-to-left columns, top comes before bottom. Written out using Japanese consonant ordering but Roman vowel ordering. Each column is written in right-to-left columns of Hiragana, then Katakana, then 'imatto' kana, and romanisation (which differs from modern romanisations in places) last (leftmost
N/A. English: From Dutch translation of Engelbert Kaempfer: The History of Japan (1727). Listing firo-canna (modern romanisation: Hiragana) and catta-canna (modern romanisation: Katakana), alongside 'imatto-canna' (mostly variant kana, or 'Hentaigana', mistaken as a congruent syllabary). Two rows of right-to-left columns, top comes before bottom. Written out using Japanese consonant ordering but Roman vowel ordering. Each column is written in right-to-left columns of Hiragana, then Katakana, then 'imatto' kana, and romanisation (which differs from modern romanisations in places) last (leftmost) of all. 1729. Engelbert Kaempfer (1651–1716) Alternative names Kaempf. Description German physician, botanist and japanologist Date of birth/death 16 September 1651 2 November 1716 Location of birth/death Lemgo Lieme Authority control : Q58042 VIAF: 41858358 ISNI: 0000 0001 1025 5072 LCCN: n84078543 Botanist: Kaempf. Open Library: OL236318A WorldCat 194 Beschrijving van Japan - ABC (cropped)
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