The Difference between Diacritical Marks for Sino-Japanese Used by Kiyohara Nobukata（清原宣賢） and Kiyohara Shigekata（清原枝賢） : the Rongo（論語） and the Chuyo-Shoku（中庸章句）

The purpose of this paper is to consider (1) the difference between diacritical marks for Sino-Japanese used by Kiyohara Nobukata（清原宣賢, 1475-1550） and Kiyohara Shigekata （清原枝賢, 1520-1590）, and (2) sound changes in diacritical materials（訓点資料）. For this purpose I will deal with the Rongo（論語） and the Chuyo-Shoku（中庸章句）. The following can be pointed out: 1) In Shigekata’s manuscript /zi/（ジ） and /di/（ヂ） merge under /zi/（ジ）, /au/（アウ） and/wau/（ワウ） merge under /wau/（ワウ）; 2) In Shigekata’s manuscript Goon（呉音） is more frequently employed than in Nobukata’s manuscript; 3). /-eu/ and /-jou/ are transliterated as -IYOU（イヨウ） in Nobukata’s manuscript and as -EU（エウ） in Shigekata’s manuscript. This indicates that language change came about between Nobukata’s and Shigekata’s time