History
The braille used all over the world is the one designed by blind [ruiburaiyu] of France now. In old times, artilleryman captain Charles [barubie] of France has the code designed by a military purpose it is possible to read by touching at night. It was hit on to be able to use it as a character for the blind, and made 12 point braille.Braille improved this and made six point braille used now.
It is at 1886 that Japan was good at braille. Is Tokyo blind The student from whom Shinpachi Konishi who had come to the school had a hard time and was reading the textbook of [dekoaza] was seen.It is a start to feel that it is strong when it is seen, and the character that can be freely read and written is necessary, and to have consulted Seiichi Teshima who is the superintendent in the Tokyo education museum (present National Science Museum). Then, Shinpachi was taught the braille of Braille to be, and was able to borrow the braille board made in Britain.
As for a Kobayashi new good luck, the method in which connection character that had connected the string so far and showed the character in order of iroha was devised. Besides this..character..shape..come to the surface..have..burn..brick..with..needle..character..shape..make..come to the surface..method..try.When Shinpachi immediately taught the braille of Braille to a Kobayashi new good luck, a new good luck remembered at once, described by the Roman alphabet, and was able to read braille for the first time in Japan.
Shinpachi Konishi asked for the Ishikawa warehouse to have this braille manage to be used in Japanese.
Then, First of all, Isikawa Kuraji makes it in six points 63 kinds of combination but, even the same type the one with different height easy to make a mistake, from 63 kinds it is pulled, because there are 48 character Japanese syllabary of 44-kind Japan (that time, there were "[ゐ]" and "[ゑ]") When it is 44 kindsit was insufficient by four characters.
In 1890, Tooyama kunitarou the same school making Japanese Hiragana Characters in six points to the hint Isikawa Kuraji, it thought about the origin used in Japan today.
The idea of braille had "Notaro Toyama's idea", "Idea of student's Ito and magoshirou Muroi", and "Idea of an Ishikawa next warehouse".
Notaro Toyama's idea and the idea of Ito and magoshirou Muroi are the one that how to arrange the braille of Braille was made the best use of. The idea of an Ishikawa next warehouse was different from how to arrange Braille by the one to add the point to Japanese Hiragana Characters.
And, the society to choose the braille of Japan was held.
Japanese was decided by using the braille of Braille for others as it is in the Roman alphabet and the figure was decided it was not the order of iroha but to make the Japanese syllabary of writing Japan newly, and to assemble to Japanese Hiragana Characters, and to use the same one as the one of Braille.
And, it was decided that the braille of Japan was made the idea of an Ishikawa next warehouse on November 1, 1890. November 1 became a braille anniversary. Express the usual hiragana by braille.