このサイトは、万葉仮名から始まる日本語の文字の変遷を写真やリンクで紹介しています。
This site introduces how the Japanese writing system has changed since 7th century by photos and web-links.
ご協力いただいた機関と担当していただいた方々（敬称略）
公益財団法人京都市埋蔵文化財研究所：村井伸也 宮原健吾
京都市考古資料館： 前田義明 山本雅和 丸川義広
京都市文化市民局芸術都市推進室文化財保護課：熊谷舞子
京都市学校歴史博物館：和崎光太郎
下田開国博物館：尾形征巳 松崎大
Acknowledgments from the Author: I am deeply grateful to the following individuals for their valuable suggestions and advice for this website project: Y. Maeda, M. Yamamoto, and especially Y. Marukawa of the Kyoto City Archeological Museum; K. Wasaki of the Kyoto Municipal Museum of School History; M. Ogata & H. Matsuzaki of the Shimoda History Museum
I am also indebted to Noriko Watanabe of Ochanomizu University and the Associated Kyoto Program Kyoto Center Staff (Megumi Yamaguchi, Yuko Murayama, and especially Mari Kawata) for their kind support for this website project. Without their assistance, this project was not possible.
I thank Caro Pinto of Mount Holyoke College for technical helps.
All of the illustrations on this website are fromいらすとや www.irasutoya.com