江戸文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
江	戸	文	字
え Grade: S	と > ど Grade: 2	もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
kun’yomi		irregular	goon

Alternative spelling
江戶文字 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 江戸(えど) (Edo, “Edo”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “characters”).

Noun

江戸文字(エどもじ) • (Edo moji) 

1. (calligraphy and typography) "Edo characters", distinctive calligraphic (and later, typographic) styles that were born in the Edo period