[The ideographic iteration mark in Senkinho].

In the 7th century, Senkinho was written by Sonshibaku in the Tang dynasty China. This book that was altered in 1066 in the north Sung dynasty China has become known in the world now. However four series of books remained intact, as they were not modified. The names of each book were Senkinho Kentoushi-syouraibon, the Shincho-sonshinjin senkinho, Stein book, and the Kozlov book. Senkinho Kentoushi-syouraibon and Shincho-sonshinjin Senkinho are in Japan, while Stein and the Kozlov books are in the United Kingdom and Russia respectively. We researched the ideographic iteration marks in these books. In Senkinho Kentoushi-syouraibon, several ideographic iteration marks were used. But in Shincho-sonshinjin senkinho and the Kozlov book, only one ideographic iteration mark was used. Furthermore, there were two types of ideographic iteration marks in the Chinese character text of Senkinho Kentoushi-syouraibon. We estimated that the ideographic iteration marks in the Katakana character were transcribed between the middle era of Kamakura Japan and the early era of Muromachi Japan.