Jindai Moji

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Jindai Moji ( Japanese 神 代 文字 , also: Kamiyo Moji , German "Letters of the Age of Gods") refers to letters in a script that is said to have been used before the introduction of the Chinese script in Japan.

After being promoted by Arai Hakuseki during the Edo period , scholars such as Kaibara Ekken , Dazai Shundai , Kamo no Mabuchi , Motoori Norinaga, and Tō Teikan doubted their existence, while Hirata Atsutane supported the theory. In the book Kana no Motosue ( 仮 字 本末 ) by Ban Nobutomo , the Jindai Moji are referred to as a later fake. After the Meiji period , the Jindai Moji theory was hardly supported in the Japanese academic world due to a lack of evidence.

The main argument against Jindai Moji is that only 5 vowels are used in these, although the 5-vowel system has only existed since the late classical Japanese of the Heian period (794–1185). The characters can be found in various Shinto shrines , including the Ise Shrine , and in Shinto ceremonies and amulets.

Some versions, particularly the Ahiru Moji ( 阿比 留 文字 ) from the 18th century, are copies or variants of the Korean Hangul . Others are more pictographic or resemble runes .

In modern times, the Jindai moji was taken up by a few Korean historians as evidence of the hypothetical Garimto script ( 가림토 ). This is said to be the common basis of the Jindai Moji and the Hangul. However, this theory is also rejected as unfounded by experts.

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  1. ↑ The Japanese Wikipedia has an article on 阿比 留 文字
  2. ↑ The Korean Wikipedia has an article on 가림토

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