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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Mandel, Gabriele.     Subjects     Japanese language -- Writing -- Kana.     Japanese language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mandel, Gabriele.       by title:      Japanese alphabet : ...         MARC Display

Japanese alphabet : the 48 essential characters / Gabriele Mandel ; foreword by Isao Hosoe. by Mandel, Gabriele. New York : Abbeville Press, 2008. Subjects Japanese language -- Writing -- Kana.   Japanese language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English. ISBN:  9780789209597 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 0789209594 (hardcover ; alk. paper) Description:  148 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm Edition:  English-language edition. Contents:  Foreword / Isao Hosoe -- Origins and development of Chinese writing -- Origins and development of Japanese writing -- The influence of Japanese calligraphy on European arts -- Synoptic tables -- Pronunciation guidelines -- Phonetic shifts -- Numbers -- Radicals -- The alphabet -- The letters in their traditional sequence -- Writing characters [kana and kanji]. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Japan's art and culture are beautifully combined in the nation's calligraphy and complex writing systems. Written Japanese consists of early Chinese ideograms - kanji and two polysyllabic alphabets, hiragana and katakana, which, though derived from Chinese characters, have an exclusively phonetic value." "This book is a comprehensive guide to all of the characters (kana) of the alphabet, presented in the traditional order and declined in both the hiragana and katakana versions. The author clearly indicates the correct sequence for writing the individual strokes, and provides each character with the Chinese kanji (ideogram) from which it was derived. With a historical introduction by the author and a foreword by the well-known Japanese designer Isao Hosoe, Japanese Alphabet is an ideal primer for the beginner, as well as a convenient reference for a more advanced student."--BOOK JACKET.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 495.68242 Mandel Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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