Ancient calligraphy of the complete period, considered to be works copied down from the mid- to late 11th century, is known as an archetypal kana to which the words of elegant and graceful can be applied and in which intensity remains in the background.
11世紀半ばから後半の書写と考えられる完成期の古筆は、かなの典型ともいえ、優雅、典雅という言葉があてはまり、激しさを表にすることがない。