Historical kana orthography
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The kana orthography in general use for writing the Japanese language until orthographic reforms after World War II is referred to as historical kana orthography or old orthography. The current orthog
A 1940 Japanese Empire propaganda slogan: パアマネントハヤメマセウ (Pāmanento wa yamemashō, "Stop the permanent wave"), with yamemashō written as yamemaseu.
Pre-War sign for Kōtōgakkō-mae (高等学校前) station in Toyama, spelled out as Kautoukakukaumahe.
Kōjien
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Kōjien is a single-volume Japanese dictionary first published by Iwanami Shoten in 1955. It is widely regarded as the most authoritative dictionary of Japanese, and newspaper editorials frequently cit
Historical kana orthography
…better, and some writers continued to use it for many years after. The historical orthography is found in almost all Japanese dictionaries, such as Kōjien. In the current edition of the Kōjien, if the historical orthography is different from the modern spelling, the old spelling is printed in tiny katakana…
Kōjien 7th edition (2018) displayed at a bookstore in Tokyo
Kōjien 2nd edition (1969)