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is the traditional form of the Japanese kanji
Kanji

are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese language logogram along with hiragana , katakana , Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet....
 used before 1947. The simplified counterpart of kyujitai is shinjitai
Shinjitai

Shinjitai are the forms of kanji used in Japan since the promulgation of the Toyo kanji in 1946. Some of the new forms found in shinjitai are also found in simplified Chinese, but shinjitai is generally not as extensive in the scope of its modification....
. Prior to the promulgation of the Toyo kanji
Toyo kanji

The toyo kanji, also known as the Toyo kanjihyo are the result of a reform of the Kanji characters of Chinese origin in the Japanese written language....
 list, kyujitai were known as seiji (; meaning "proper/correct characters") or seijitai . Even after they were made obsolete after the promulgation of the Toyo kanji list, however, kyujitai were seen in print even into the 1950s due to the need to change typesetting
Typesetting

Typesetting involves the presentation of textual material in graphic form on paper or some other Recording medium. Before the advent of desktop publishing, typesetting of printed material was produced in print shops by compositors or typesetters working by hand, and later with machines....
 equipment to suit the new forms. Furthermore, although the government promulgates the simplified forms, it did not ban the traditional forms, so if an author chooses to use traditional forms in his writing—and if his publisher agrees—traditional forms can still be found in recently-printed books.

Unlike in Simplified Chinese
Simplified Chinese character

Simplified Chinese Characters are one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary Chinese written language. They are based mostly on popular cursive forms embodying graphic or phonetic simplifications of the "traditional" forms that were used in printed text for over a thousand years....
, where all personal names are consistently simplified, kyujitai are still tolerated in Japan in personal names (see List of the traditional kanji tolerated in names
Jinmeiyo kanji

The jinmeiyo kanji are a set of 983 Chinese characters known as the "name kanji" in English Language. They are a supplementary set of character which can be legally used in registered personal names in Japan, despite not being in that country's set of "commonly used characters" ....
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is the traditional form of the Japanese kanji
Kanji

are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese language logogram along with hiragana , katakana , Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet....
 used before 1947. The simplified counterpart of kyujitai is shinjitai
Shinjitai

Shinjitai are the forms of kanji used in Japan since the promulgation of the Toyo kanji in 1946. Some of the new forms found in shinjitai are also found in simplified Chinese, but shinjitai is generally not as extensive in the scope of its modification....
. Prior to the promulgation of the Toyo kanji
Toyo kanji

The toyo kanji, also known as the Toyo kanjihyo are the result of a reform of the Kanji characters of Chinese origin in the Japanese written language....
 list, kyujitai were known as seiji (; meaning "proper/correct characters") or seijitai . Even after they were made obsolete after the promulgation of the Toyo kanji list, however, kyujitai were seen in print even into the 1950s due to the need to change typesetting
Typesetting

Typesetting involves the presentation of textual material in graphic form on paper or some other Recording medium. Before the advent of desktop publishing, typesetting of printed material was produced in print shops by compositors or typesetters working by hand, and later with machines....
 equipment to suit the new forms. Furthermore, although the government promulgates the simplified forms, it did not ban the traditional forms, so if an author chooses to use traditional forms in his writing—and if his publisher agrees—traditional forms can still be found in recently-printed books.

Unlike in Simplified Chinese
Simplified Chinese character

Simplified Chinese Characters are one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary Chinese written language. They are based mostly on popular cursive forms embodying graphic or phonetic simplifications of the "traditional" forms that were used in printed text for over a thousand years....
, where all personal names are consistently simplified, kyujitai are still tolerated in Japan in personal names (see List of the traditional kanji tolerated in names
Jinmeiyo kanji

The jinmeiyo kanji are a set of 983 Chinese characters known as the "name kanji" in English Language. They are a supplementary set of character which can be legally used in registered personal names in Japan, despite not being in that country's set of "commonly used characters" ....
). Based upon this principle, the kyujitai and shinjitai spellings of historical figures can be interchangeable in modern Japanese.

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