16/04/2019

Mitsubishi's Codebook (1929)

I got a copy of Mitsubishi's telegraph codebook (1929), titled Wabun-Denshin-Ango (Telegraph Code for Japanese Text). I placed a search for a telegraph code on a second-hand book network without purpose and had the luck to hit on this item.
It conforms to the common codebooks at the time, with five-letter code groups and three-kana code groups assigned to the entries for plaintext in Japanese. The five-letter code groups are constructed according to four mutilation tables adapted to the new telegraph regulations of 1928.

The codebook is now described in
Japanese Telegraph Codes
Mutilation Table and Error-Correcting Code Before Computer Age
日本の電信暗号
検誤表――コンピューター以前の誤り訂正符号

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