Post by Sō Haruko on Feb 15, 2012 19:37:41 GMT -5
Found this site while I was endeavoring to find out what mokkan* looked like, and how long they were in use. It looks interesting and useful! but I haven't had a lot of time to peruse it yet. Enjoy!
heritageofjapan.wordpress.com/
* mokkan are slips of wood used for writing messages, keeping tax records, and otherwise acting as paper. The exact article I stumbled onto was this one:
heritageofjapan.wordpress.com/6-nara-period-sees-the-nurturing-of-chinese-culture/tempyo-arts/the-discovery-of-a-multitude-of-multi-purpose-mokkan/
heritageofjapan.wordpress.com/
* mokkan are slips of wood used for writing messages, keeping tax records, and otherwise acting as paper. The exact article I stumbled onto was this one:
heritageofjapan.wordpress.com/6-nara-period-sees-the-nurturing-of-chinese-culture/tempyo-arts/the-discovery-of-a-multitude-of-multi-purpose-mokkan/