File:Underwood 4-bank keyboard for Japanese katakana.png

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4 Upper モドシ (Backspace) Small フ (HU) ァ (Small A) ゥ (Small U) ェ (Small E) ォ (Small O) ャ (Small YA) ュ (Small YU) ョ (Small YO) ヮ (Small WA) Small ホ (HO) ヒョウ (Tab)
Lower フ (HU) ア (A) ウ (U) エ (E) オ (O) ヤ (YA) ユ (YU) ヨ (YO) ワ (WA) ホ (HO)
3 Upper / % ィ (Small I) ¥ (Yen sign) " _ ? ( ) ゜ (Semi-voiced sound mark) 「 (Left corner bracket) トメ (Shift lock)
Lower タ (TA) テ (TE) イ (I) ス (SU) カ (KA) ン (N) ナ (NA) ニ (NI) ラ (RA) ゛ (Voiced sound mark) . (Full stop)
2 Upper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -
Lower チ (TI) ト (TO) シ (SI) ハ (HA) キ (KI) ク (KU) マ (MA) ノ (NO) リ (RI) レ (RE) ,
1 Upper ウエ (Shift) ッ (Small TU) セ (SE) ソ (SO) ヘ (HE) ケ (KE) ム (MU) メ (ME) ヌ (NU) ロ (RO) ' ウエ (Shift)
Lower ツ (TU) サ (SA) ヲ (WO) ヒ (HI) コ (KO) ミ (MI) モ (MO) ネ (NE) ル (RU) ー (Prolonged sound mark)
Description
English: Four-bank keyboard for Japanese katakana typewriters. Burnham Coos Stickney at the Underwood Typewriter Company designed this keyboard in 1923 for Japanese businessman Yoshitaro Yamashita. The JIS X 6002:1980 keyboard layout for computers was an offspring of it.
Date
Source U.S. Patent No. 1,549,622 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=1549622
Author Burnham Coos Stickney
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