KURENAI : Kyoto University Researc

The Japanese studies of Andreas MOller ( 1630-1694)
least as far as "Sr' is concerned, the possible time frame for its time of writing thus appears
to be 1683- 1685, with the year 1684 and thus that of the publication of AJ in the middle.
As further pieces of information relating to either the exact date of writing or the relation
between AJ and "Sr' are lacking, we will now turn to the content of the work itself. First,
a translation of the original Latin main text into English will be provided in the following,
accompanied by a number of annotations. The original will be found in the form of
p lates [I] to [6] at the end of the present article.
1.3. Translation of "Syllabarium Japanicum"
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The Japanese Syllabary, twofold:
The one from a Meakensian manuscript, the other from a Chinese account.
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The Japanese Syllabary
Japanese ms. Chin. diet. Duret Jap_anese ms. Chin. diet. Duret
1. Y. I. 25. I. I.
2. Po. Bo. 26. No. Xo.
3. Fa. Pa. [lm] Fa. 27. Wo. u.
4. Ni. Ni. 28. Lu. Ku. [~] Qu.
5. Pho. Pu. [:ffi] Fo. 29. Ja. Ya. [3f] La.
6. Ph e. Pe. [lt] Fe. 30. Ma. Ma.
7. To. Tu. [}.t] Lo. 31. Qve. Ke.
8. 'tSy. Chi. [ ~rl] Ci. 32. Fu. Pu. [/f] Fu.
9. Ri. Li. [;fiJ] Bi. 33. Co. Co.
10. Mou. Nu. 34. Je. E.
ll. Pou. Bu. 35. Le. l'e.
12. 0. Yo. 36. A. o. UiiJ A.
13. We. Va. 37. Ca. Sa.
14. Ka. Ca. 38. Qi. Ki. [~] Ky.
15. Sa. Yeu . [:ff] Jo. 39. Ju. Ju.
16. Ta. Ta. 40. Me. Me.
17. Ve. Be. 41. Mi. Mi.
18. 'tSo. cu. 42. Xi. Si.
19. 'tSu. (:U. (-=f] Cu. 43. Je. Je.
20. Ne. Ni. [.IB] Ne. 44. Fi. Fi.
21. Na. Na. 45. Mo. Mu.
22. Wa. Ba. 46. Se. Xi. [ffi:] Ce.
23. Moe. Mu. 47. Zu. Su.
24. Wou. U. 48. 0. Kio.
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