NISHIO Hirokazu

変体がな(Hentai gana) are old Japanese hiragana. They have not been taught from the change of law of elementary schools on 1900. Most of young people can't read them. Nowadays a little number of shop signs are written in them but they will disappear in decades, I think.

Refererces: Hentaigana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Koin変体仮名 is very nice page.

collections

つかさ(Tsukasa) [sa:左] 2009-06-02

すみだ公園(Sumida Kouen, Sumida Park) [mi:三][ta:田] 2009-05-06

おかめ寿司(Okame Sushi) [ka:可][me:免] 2009-04-29

松葉鮨(Matshba Sushi, Pine leaf Sushi) It is not hentai-gana. Sousho of 葉. 2009-04-15

やぶ(Yabu) [fu:婦] 2008-11-11

かねやす(Kaneyasu) [ne:禰/袮][su:春] Because it was night the photo is not good. You can see it near Tokyo University. 2008-11-06

まるか(Maruka) [ma:満][ru:留][ka:賀] 2008-10-30

おぐら(Ogura) [ra:羅] 2008-10-28

いけだ(Ikeda) [ta:多] 2008-09-17

いづみ(Idumi) [i:以][tu:津] 2008-09-17

春夏冬(Akinai) It is not heitai-gana. 秋(Aki) was removed from 春夏秋冬(Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu: spring, summer, fall, winter). There is no Aki. "Aki nai" in Japanese. And "Akinai" means "business". This sign "春夏冬中" means "now open". 2008-06-06

いせき(Iseki) [i:伊][ki:喜] 2008-05-11