old documents / (in palaeography) historical documents written to convey a specific intention between a sender and receiver; generally inclusive of written material through the mid-19th century

paleography

a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana / a syllabogram, an individual character belonging to one of the syllabaries: kana / a temporary name, an alias

蓮: lotus

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

writing, notation, transcription / textual representation; spelling

write, note, transcribe / be represented in text

蓮根: lotus root

historical kana spelling of おわす

the past / ancient times