On Jun 30, 2013, at 11:16 AM, KAMI PAPERCRAFT WORKSHOPものづくり工房・紙
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Some books of the period also use the word "weave" ("oru")
> instead of the more familiar "fold" ("oru"). Writers were just beginning
> to publish on the subject, and making up the phrases as they went along!
Also, kanji and kana use was only standardized as it is know now in the second
half of the 20th century, so it is no surprise that in the 18th century (before
*any* real attempt at standardizing the writing system) there were dozens of
different ways to write the same words.
Jean-Christophe Helary
