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According to [this page](http://www.book-seishindo.jp/kana/onjun_1.html#a) ,
there are multiple Hentaigana express あ. How do I decide which to use?

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seishindo.jp/kana/onjun_1.html#a)によると、'あ'を表す変体仮名は複数あるそうです。これらをどうやって使い分けるのでしょうか。
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How do I decide which Hentaigana to use?
I hope I can recognize correctly what you asked.

Hentaigana are not used normally in contemporary Japanese. Instead, they use
standard Kana (Hiragana and Katakana) and Kanji. Calligraphers often use
Hentaigana in their production which is just for art and not intended for
practical use.

Long long ago, men in Japan learned Kanji from China and there had not yet
been Kana at that time. Kanji was so difficult for them that they made Kana
from Kanji as phonogram which has no meanings but sounds. a Kana character is
matched at a specific Kanji character (1:1). Thus Kana is specified by a
character, but there are many Kanji of a same pronunciation therefore someone
began to venture to use other characters for art (e.g. 'The Anthology of
Myriad Leaves') who was women mainly. So Hentaigana has born.

Modern people don't use Hentaigana, but artists or trickers.
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As far as I am aware no-one has attempted to study usage patterns of
hentaigana in classical texts, and from what I have been told by my professor
it appears to be mainly an aesthetic choice on the part of the author. I think
you can freely use whichever one you think looks the best in any given
construction, without worrying about whether it is "correct" in that
situation.
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