HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Question
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They outlawed the use of Chinese in official documents.
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They wrote in a script called kana that represented Japanese sounds.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Katakana was developed during the Heian period as a shorthand form of sections of the manyogana characters, an ancient Chinese writing system. Recent studies showed that the kana system may have originated from the 8th century on the Korean peninsula and was introduced to Japan via Buddhist texts.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Heian period saw an emergence of new sects and schools of Japanese Buddhism. Although it had lost political influence compared to the previous period, new Buddhist temples were built across the nation in an attempt to spread the new types of Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Early Middle Japanese (, Chūko-Nihongo) is a stage of the Japanese language between 794 and 1185, which is known as the Heian period (). The successor to Old Japanese (), it is also known as Late Old Japanese.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Heian period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, especially poetry and literature. Two types of Japanese script emerged, including katakana, a phonetic script which was abbreviated into hiragana, both unique alphabets distinctive to Japan.