The classical Japanese language (文語, bungo, "literary language"), also called "old writing" (古文, kobun) and sometimes simply called "Medieval Japanese",...
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until 1185. The Heian period is considered a golden age of classical Japanese culture. Japanese religious life from this time and onwards was a mix of native...
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This is a list of texts written in classical Japanese, grouped by genres and in chronological order. Sangyō Gisho Shōmangyō Gisho (611) Yuimagyō Gisho...
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Japanese poetry is poetry typical of Japan, or written, spoken, or chanted in the Japanese language, which includes Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese...
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Language extends the list to include classical Chinese, Arabic, and Sanskrit: When we realize that an educated Japanese can hardly frame a single literary...
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Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million...
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Japanese traditional dance describes a number of Japanese dance styles with a long history and prescribed method of performance. Some of the oldest forms...
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Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or lit. 'Chinese writing' (漢文, kanbun), a Chinese-Japanese creole language. Indian literature also...
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pejorative term in the Japanese language. The word baka has a long history, an uncertain etymology (possibly from Sanskrit or Classical Chinese), and linguistic...
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Classical Chinese is the language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from c. the 5th century BCE. For millennia thereafter, the...
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