Learn Japanese Hiragana is a complete and comprehensive textbook aimed at Japanese language students of all levels, as well as at anyone who is interested in Japan and its culture. It contains proper handwritten form of hiragana syllabograms, detailed etymology of each syllabogram, handwritten kanji in three calligraphy scripts from which given hiragana has evolved, sounds and their origins, handwritten charts with stroke orders, practice sheets, and information about the history of Japanese kana and even a brief overview of the evolution of Japanese calligraphy in order to draw a clear and easy to understand image of how hiragana was developed. Please also see my other book titled Learn Japanese Katakana.