Classical Japanese
Spoken language
The classical Japanese language, also called "old writing", sometimes simply called "Medieval Japanese" is the literary form of the Japanese language that was the standard until the early Shōwa period. Wikipedia
Era: Heian period, Shōwa period
Language family: Japonic > Old Japanese > Early Middle Japanese > Classical Japanese
Native to: Japan
Writing system: Kanji (Kyūjitai), Kana (Man'yōgana, Hiragana, and Katakana; using Historical kana orthography)