Reading kuzushiji in a map – exercise
Reading kuzushiji in a map – exercise
Try and write the names of the following countries in today’s standard hiragana. The provided map detail will help you.
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“General map of the world, mountains, seas and ten thousand countries of the world” (Chikyū bankoku sankai konyo zenzu 地球萬國山海坤輿全圖), by Nagakubo Sekisui (1717-1801) ca. 1850, woodcut, colour, 19 x 12 cm; C. V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Full map available at: Japanese Historical Maps