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Ⅰ.The God Age Script, Accounts in The Earliest Histories, ang Chinese Inscriptions = 3

Ⅱ. Writing in Early Japan - Inscriptions in Metal and Stone = 16

Ⅲ. Writing in Eighth Century Japan = 40

Ⅳ.Development of The Kana Syllabaries = 59

Ⅴ. Evolution of Texts Written in Mixed Character-Kana Orthography = 90

Ⅵ. Pre-Modern Kana Usage = 104

Ⅶ. Aspects of Writng from The Kamakura Period to The Edo Period = 126

Ⅷ. Development of The Modern Japanese Script - The Period ca.1868-1945 = 136

Ⅸ. Development of The Modern Japanese Script - The Period 1945 Onwards = 152

Select Glossary = 188
Appendices = 192
Bibliography = 210
Chatacter Concordance = 216
Index = 230