Abstract: Egami Toshinori (2006)
Study Sessions on Kuzushiji 「くずし字を読む会」 by Kyoto University Librarians
This presentation reports on 「くずし字を読む会」(Kuzushi-ji wo yomu kai / the study session on くずし字*1 reading) which is held privately among the librarians of Kyoto University.
This session started in September 2003 and has been held about 50 times ever. It is intended to help the members get reading skill of くずし字, mainly 変体仮名(Hentaigana *2), on early Japanese materials. Once or twice a month, some of the librarians join to the session for learning how to read くずし字 and how to use reference resources.