Guide for Japanese Antiquarian Materials : Historical Bibliographies

Lists a variety of words used in pre-modern periods including Buddhist terms, place names, personal names, etc

Includes 1,553 Chinese characters created in Japan--the characters not used in China.

Offers many examples of cursive writings.

Lists difficult/variant characters used in Buddhist and Chinese texts from pre-modern Japan.

Lists ca. 14,000 words frequently used in historical documents from the Edo period, in Japanese alphabetical order.