Ocean #sunfish attracted a lot of interest because of their unique looks. This book was created by KURIMOTO Tanshu, a Shogunate doctor and naturalist in the Edo period. https://t.co/5HgHPuz35v https://t.co/MuBECNGyeg
Reminiscent of the various writing systems Japanese authors came up with since early Meiji times. None of these has ever gained any ground, but at least they're nice additions to any cabinet of script curiosities! See e.g. here, 新式発明日本字 (1899) @ https://t.co/7QzYfwsS3V 2/ https://t.co/SjqSUXVjRr
So, shall we call it "Nippomsiki Roumazi"* ...?
Straight from the cabinet of curiosities: Nanbu Yoshikazu's 南部義籌 romanization scheme in his 1872 Yokomozibom Tebikigusa よこもじほんてびきぐさ @ https://t.co/LmnaTXYOQG
* (Cf. pp. 11-12 for the Roumanization "Rouma".) 1/ https://t.co/wSDvQyOg79