KnowraMan'yōganaLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Man'yōgana, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 3Related 7KanaBroader topic: Its phonetic use of characters supplied the source forms for kana.Man'yōshūRelated: The anthology’s texts preserve an early, character-based way of representing Japanese.Japanese writing systemBroader topic: Man'yōgana provided the phonetic basis from which hiragana and katakana developed.KanjiBroader topic: Man'yōgana shows how characters were repurposed to write Japanese sounds before kana emerged.KokugakuRelated: Its spellings helped scholars investigate the sounds and vocabulary of early Japanese.HiraganaRelated: Hiragana developed by simplifying the cursive forms of characters used in this system.Kojiki-denRelated: Understanding early spellings helps explain Norinaga’s attention to the Kojiki’s wording.Classical JapaneseRelated: Its use preceded kana and documents early Japanese writing practices.Ōtomo no YakamochiRelated: The Man’yōshū’s text, including poems from Yakamochi’s circle, was recorded in this system.Kakinomoto no HitomaroRelated: The anthology’s poems were recorded in this system, before later kana developed.