Javanese literature

Dutch linguist and orientalist (1833-1917)

javanese manuscripts

Dutch-language book of collected letters by Kartini

literary work that recounts the story of the "Battle of Bubat" between Sundanese and Javanese

Dutch linguist *1926 (1926–2003)

Archaic script used in Java and Bali

Indonesian beaten bark paper

Kidung is a form of Old Javanese poetry. They differ from kakawin in that they use Javanese meters instead of imported Sanskrit ones, and mostly appeared later. The subject matter is based on historical events. Like kakawin, they later became an important source of inspiration for pictorial art. They are also distinguished from the tantri, which, though similar in form, are adapted from Indian fables. Many kakawin were also adapted into kidung form.

Part of the prose literature of old Javanese people