Rikunarita-ORG/Wikinium huggingface dataset:
# Kana

| Kana  |
| --- |
| Teep |  Syllabary
 |
| Leids | Japanese, Okinawan, Ainu, Palauan |
| Time period | c. 800 AD tae the present |
| Parent systems | Oracle Bone Script* Seal Script
	+ Clerical Script
		- Regular script (Kanji)
			* Man'yōgana
				+ Kana
 |
| Direction | Varies |
| ISO 15924 | `Hrkt, 412` |
| Unicode alias | Katakana or Hiragana |
| Unicode range | U+30A0–U+30FF |
|

**Kana** (仮名) are syllabic Japanese scripts, a pairt o the Japanese writin seestem contrastit wi the logographic Cheenese characters kent in Japan as kanji (漢字).
# Nihon Shoki

Page frae a copy o the *Nihon Shoki*, early Heian period
The Nihon Shoki (日本書紀), sometimes translatit as The Chronicles o Japan, is the seicont auldest beuk o classical Japanese history. The beuk is cried the Nihongi (日本紀, *lit. Japanese Chronicles*) an aw. It is mair elaborate an detailed than the *Kojiki*, the auldest, an haes proven tae be an important tuil for historians an airchaeologists as it includes the maist complete extant historical record o auncient Japan. The *Nihon Shoki* wis finished in 720 unner the eeditorial superveesion o Prince Toneri an wi the assistance o Ō no Yasumaro.